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BASIL PRINTED POPE

POPE, Alexander. The works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In nine columes, complete. With notes and illustrations by Joseph Warton, D. D. and others.

Basil. Printed and sold by J. J. Tourneisen, 1803.
8vo. In nine volumes. Contemporary calf-backed decorated paper boards, gilt. A trifle marked, some wear to spines. Internally clean and crisp.
A Basil printed edition of the complete works of Alexander Pope, with notes by poet and literary critic Joseph Warton (bap. 1722, d. 1800) - author of the seminal account of the author, An essay on the genius and writings of Pope (London, 1756). A continental printing of the 1797 London edition printed for B. Law; the title is a verbatim reprint, and whilst the London edition did indeed include illustrations no copy we have found of this Basil printing does.

COPAC locates copies at only two locations (BL and Liverpool).
£ 350.00 Antiquates Ref: 16694