The Works …

by Alexander Pope

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First folio edition, first issue without Tonson imprint . Folding engraved frontispiece portrait by George Vertue. xxxii , 408 pp. 2 vols. Folio. Vol. I in contemporary full calf, red morocco lettering piece, rebacked, preserving most of original spine, joints rubbed, original spine leather worn and cracked, text lightly toned. Vol. II in modern full calf to style. Booklabel. Griffith 82; Rothschild 1585 second issue . Item #268151

• Binding: Leather

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