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An Essay on Mr. Pope's Odyssey. In Five Dialogues . . . The Second Edition
by SPENCE, JOSEPH
- Used
- Condition
- Calf a little spotted and worn; fine copy.
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for S. Wilmot and sold by S. Birt and T. Longman, 1737, 1737. Second edition; the first edition was published in two parts, 1726-27. ESTC N9342; NCBEL II, 1748. Calf a little spotted and worn; fine copy.. 12mo, contemporary sprinkled calf, brown morocco spine label, gilt lettering. Allegorical engraved frontispiece by John Pine after Hubert-François Gravelot. A critical analysis of Pope's translation of Homer in a dialogue between two friends, Antiphaus and Philypsus, over the course of five winter evenings. This was the first book by Joseph Spence (1699-1768), the prominent Oxford literary scholar and anecdotist, and it received the approval and admiration of its subject, Alexander Pope, who became one of Spence's supporters and friends. Spence wrote two other notable dialogues: Polymetis (1747) and Crito, a Dialogue on Beauty (1752).
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25630
- Title
- An Essay on Mr. Pope's Odyssey. In Five Dialogues . . . The Second Edition
- Author
- SPENCE, JOSEPH
- Format/Binding
- ESTC N9342; NCBEL II, 1748
- Book Condition
- Used - Calf a little spotted and worn; fine copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition; the first edition was published in two parts, 17
- Publisher
- London: Printed for S. Wilmot and sold by S. Birt and T. Longman, 1737
- Date Published
- 1737
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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