The poetical works of Alexander Pope.

Author/creator Pope, Alexander creator.
Format Book
EditionA new edition.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for F.J. Du Roveray, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court ; And sold by J. and A. Arch, Cornhill ; And E. Lloyd, Harley Street, 1804.
Description6 volumes ; 19 cm (8vo)
Subjects

Uniform titlePoems. 1804
Variant title Binder's spine title: Pope's works
Contents Vol. I. The life of Pope -- Vol. II. Author's preface. Pastorals, with a Discourse on pastoral poetry. Messiah. Windsor-Forest. The rape of the lock. Eloïsa to Abelard. Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady. Prologue to Mr. Addison's Tragedy of Cato. Epilogue to Mr. Rowe's Jane Shore -- Vol. III. Essay on criticism. Essay on man. The universal prayer. Moral essays -- Vol. IV. Sappho to Phaon. The fable of Dryope. Vertumnus and Pomona. The Thebais of Statius, Book I. The Temple of Fame. January and May. The wife of Bath. Imitations of English poets. The satires of Dr. Donne versified. Epilogue to the satires. Stanzas to Lady Frances Shirley -- Vol. V. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Satires, epistles, and odes of Horace imitated. Ode on St. Cecilia's Day. Ode on solitude. Ode: The dying Christian to his soul. Two choruses to the tragedy of Brutus. Epistles. Miscellanies. Epitaphs -- Vol. VI. The Dunciad.
Local noteJoyner Rare has volumes 1-4 only. Library copy includes leather binding with raised bands and gilt stamping on spine. Library volumes 1-2 include autograph of Hardwick on front flyleaf and volumes 3-4 include autograph of Hardwick on title page.
General noteThis edition has followed the text of Dr. Warburton. cf. Advertisement, volume 1.
References Lowndes, W.T. Bibliographer's manual of English literature (1871 edition), vol. 3, 1915
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare v. 1-4 Gift of Erwin Hester, 2016.

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