The works of Mr. Alexander Pope. Volume II.
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
Category
Books
Date
1735
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3075234
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 76; [7], 48-71, [2], 8-16, 15-27, [2], 40-78; [2], 87, [1]; 14; 19, [1], 219, [1] p. ; 4to. Running number: 7444. Shelved and uniform with vol. 1 of 'The works of Mr. Alexander Pope' (London, 1717). Water staining throughout. Provenance: manuscript code on front fly-leaf: "Oi X". Silhouette of removed bookplate on front pastedown. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; spine rebacked in brown goatskin (repaired at Cambridge, 1956); gilt title and vol. number on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), author Pierre Fourdrinier (1698-1758), engraver (printmaker) William Kent (Bridlington 1685 - London 1748), artist