1788 The Works of Alexander Pope

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound

A smart set of various works of noted seventeenth and eighteenth-century poet, translator, and satirist, Alexander Pope. 

Included in this set is the following:

The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Six Volumes Complete, published by C. Bathurst et. al. in 1788. Including his last corrections, additions, and improvements, printed from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton. 

Volume I. Containing his Juvenile Poems and Translations. Including eight engraved plates. 
Volume II. Containing his Imitations, Moral Essays, and Satires. Including eleven engraved plates. 
Volume III. Containing 'The Dunciad'. Including five engraved plates.
Volume IV. Containing his Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose. 
Volume V. Containing the First Part of Pope's Letters. 
Volume VI. Containing the Second Part of Pope's Letters. 

Collated and complete.

ESTC Citation No. T5459 

Each volume contains the bookplate of Sir John Laforey to the front pastedown. Sir John Laforey, 1st Baronet, was a British naval officer in the eighteenth century.