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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements;l Together with All His Notes
by POPE, Alexander
- Used
- Condition
- Some light wear to boards edges and at extremities, some occasional light foxing. Generally in very good condition
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for W. Cavil, T. Martin, T. French, and J. Wren, 1795. Some light wear to boards edges and at extremities, some occasional light foxing. Generally in very good condition. 12mo (138 x 83 mm). Frontispiece in vol. 1, 8 other engraved plates. Contemporart tree calf, smooth spines gilt-ruled, a green morocco letteringpiece with Pope's name, and a circular red morocco piece bearing the volume's number. Provenance: James Melville, Torry, Scotland (1834 ownership inscriptions on front free endpapers). A lovely set of Pope's works in a fine 18th-century English binding.
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- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 410324
- Title
- The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements;l Together with All His Notes
- Author
- POPE, Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used - Some light wear to boards edges and at extremities, some occasional light foxing. Generally in very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for W. Cavil, T. Martin, T. French, and J. Wren
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1795
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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Ardsley, New York
About Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
Founded in 1978 and purchased in 2016 by Thomas Lecky, Riverrun specializes in fine, rare, and unusual books from all periods and genres. There are large holdings in art, photography, artists' books, fine printing, books about books, literature, signed and inscribed books, early printing, and Americana. We have thousands of books not listed online in these and many other fields, and are constantly sourcing new material from private collections and public auction. Please let us know if we can help you locate something not listed in our stock. We are members of the ABAA and are certified members of the Appraiser's Association of America.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- 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...
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