The works of Mr. Alexander Pope.
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
Category
Books
Date
1717
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3084910
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 435, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port ; 4to. Running number: 7443. Shelved and uniform with 'The works of Mr. Alexander Pope. Volume II' (London, 1735). Imperfect: wanting frontispiece portrait. Some 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; gilt title and vol. number on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges. Pencil note on front pastedown: "Repaired at Cambridge, 1956".
Makers and roles
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), author Simon Gribelin (Blois 1661 - London 1733), engraver (printmaker)