The works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in verse and prose.. Containing the principal notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: illustrations, and critical and explanatory remarks, by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers, F.S.A. and others. To which are added, ... some original letters, with ... memoirs of the life of the author. By the Rev. William Lisle Bowles ... In ten volumes. Vol. I. (-X).
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
Category
Books
Date
1806
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3186451
Summary
Bibliographic description
10v., plates : ill., ports. ; 8vo. Provenance: nineteenth-century Anson bookplate with motto ‘Nil desperandum’ and Viscount’s coronet (though seven pearls visible) [i.e. Thomas Anson, created Viscount Anson & Baron Soberton, 1806 (1767-1818) or his son, Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson (1795-1854), created Earl of Lichfield, 1831]. Binding: nineteenth-century calf; gilt roll border; gilt tooled spines; gold lettered spine labels: Pope's works. (Poor condition. Boards detached, etc.)
Makers and roles
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) William Warburton (1698 - 1779) William Lisle Boles (1762-1850) Warburton William Warton (1698-1779)