The poetical works of Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Castle Drogo, Devon
NT 3190029
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 478 p., plate ;. 8vo.,. 24 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Anthony Drewe. Bound exactly the same as an edition of W. Cowper, which is next book on shelf and is identified as a prize book from St. John's College, Cambridge, to G.S. Drew [father of Julius Drewe]. Binding: Full calf, with gold lettering on black spine label; raised bands. Two gold fillets on front and rear. Crests blind-stamped in gold: crown over rose on front, crown over portcullis on rear. Linen bookmark attached. Marbled edges and endpapers.
Makers and roles
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) H. F. Cary (1772 - 1844)