The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq.

£1,250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

24 engraved plates A lovely six-volume edition of Alexander Pope's collected works, illustrated with twenty-four engraved plates. Featuring his juvenilia and poems, translations of the classics and modern-rendering of Chaucer, his Essay on Man and moral works, the Dunciad, miscellaneous prose writings, and his letters. 6 vols; 12mo (16.5 x 10.5 cm); 24 engraved plates including frontispiece, occasional toning; contemporary sprinkled tan calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece and volume labels to spines, edges stained yellow, covers slightly abraded and a little marked, very good or better. ESTC T5443.

• Binding: Hardcover

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