A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700, Vol. 2 Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe

Volume II is dated 1716; III, 1717; IV, 1718, V and VI, 1720.

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POPE, ALEXANDER, _translator_.--The Iliad of Homer, translated by A. Pope. London: Printed for F. J. DuRoveray, By T. Bensley . . . 1805. _Royal 8vo, six volumes in three, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford._

Largest paper copy. Illustrated by the portrait and twenty-four plates (each in three states) by Schiavonetti, Heath, Isaac Taylor, etc., after Stothard, Westall, Singleton, etc., and in addition two portraits, twenty-six plates, proofs before the letters, after Marillier, twenty-six other scenes to the Iliad (six on India paper), Bartolozzi's engraving of Jupiter, and the Parting of Hector and Andromache, coloured like a miniature.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope. [Four lines from Cicero pro Arch. and a large floral woodcut] London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates. 1717. _Small folio, brown levant morocco, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First collected folio edition of the Miscellaneous Poems, in which the "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady" and "Eloisa to Abelard" appear for the first time. The half-title, T1, is in duplicate.

Collation: Half-title, one leaf (verso blank). Title with a large floral woodcut, one leaf (verso blank). Preface, a1-c1 (verso blank), in twos. Commendatory poems to the Author by the Duke of Buckingham, the Countess of Winchelsea, Wycherley, Fr. Knapp, E. Fenton, Parnell, and Simon Harcourt, c2-g1 (verso blank). Table, g2. Half-title of Pastorals, B1 (verso blank). "A Discourse on Pastoral Poetry," B2-D1. Pastorals, D2-M2. Half-title of "Windsor Forest," N1 (verso blank). Text, N2-S2 (verso blank). Half-title of "Essay on Criticism," written 1709, T1 (verso blank). [Duplicate leaf] Text, T2-Z2 and Aa1-Ee2 (verso blank). Half-title of "The Rape of the Lock," written 1712, Ff1 (verso blank). Dedication to Mrs. Arabella Fermor, Ff2-Gg1 (verso blank). Text, Gg2-Rr2 (verso blank). Half-title of "The Temple of Fame," written 1711, Ss1 (verso blank). Advertisement, Ss2 (verso blank). Text, Tt1-Zz2 and Aaa1-Bbb1 (verso blank). Half-title, "January and May," Bbb2 (verso blank). Text, Ccc1-Mmm2 (verso blank). Half-title of "The Wife of Bath her Prologue," Nnn1 (verso blank). Text, Nnn2-Sss2 (verso blank). Half-title, "Sapho to Phaon," Ttt1 (verso blank). Text, Ttt2-Yyy2 recto. Vertumnus and Pomona, Yyy2 verso-Aaaa1. The Fable of Dryope, Aaaa2-Bbbb2. Half-title, "The First Book of Statius his Thebais," Cccc1 (verso Argument). Text, Ccccz-Nnnn2 (verso blank). Half-title, "Part of the Thirteenth Book of Homer's Odysses," Oooo1 (verso blank). Text, Oooo2-Ssss1 (verso blank). Half-title, "Miscellanies on Several Occasions," Ssss2 (verso blank). Poems, Tttt1-Fffff2 (verso blank). Half-title, "Eloisa to Abelard," Ggggg1 (verso Argument). Text, Ggggg2-Lllll2. Pages 1-408.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope. [Four lines from Cicero pro Arch, and a triangular engraved vignette] London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates. 1717. _Folio, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Another issue of the first edition, on large and thick paper, measuring 14-1/4 by 9-1/4 inches. The text is partly reset and partly printed from the same types, with title-page in red and black, different ornaments, vignettes and initials engraved by Gribelin, and a portrait by Vertue after Jervas, which was issued separately in 1715.

Collation: The same as the preceding issue, without the duplicate half-title, T1.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes Complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; As they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: together with the Commentaries and Notes of Mr. Warburton [afterwards Bishop of Gloucester] London, Printed for J. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper. M DCC LI. _8vo, nine volumes, Spanish calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

Thick paper copy of Warburton's first edition: with twenty-four engravings by Major after the designs of Blakey, Wale, and Hayman. The frontispiece of Volume I contains medallion portraits of Pope and Warburton.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; As they were delivered to the Editor, a little before his Death. Together with the commentary and notes of Mr. Warburton. London, Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst. M DCC LVII. _8vo, nine volumes, sprinkled calf, gilt back, citron edges._

Twenty-four plates and inserted portrait by Vertue.

Warburton's sixth edition. Volume II contains Translations and Imitations; III, Moral Essays; IV, Satires, etc.; V, The Dunciad; VI, Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose: VII-IX, Letters.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Works of Alexander Pope Esq . . . Complete. with his last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; as they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death. Together with the Notes of M^{r} Warburton. London, Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst MDCCLXIV. _12mo, six volumes, half blue morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by C. Lewis._

Large paper copy, from the collection of George Daniel, who wrote on the fly-leaf, "I never saw another copy" [on large paper and uncut]. In addition to the plates by Grignion, several portraits have been added.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--OEuvres complettes d'Alexandre Pope, traduites en francois. Nouvelle edition, Revue, corrigee, augmentee du Texte Anglois mis a cote des meilleures Pieces, & ornee de belles Gravures. . . . A Paris, Chez la Veuve Duchesne, . . . M. DCC. LXXIX. _Crown 8vo, eight volumes, half red straight-grain morocco, gilt back, uncut edges._

Large and thick paper copy. Portrait by Le Beau after Kneller, and fourteen plates after C. P. Marillier, besides a few inserted plates in various states, and an original sepia drawing of Pope.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. A new edition. Adorned with plates. . . . London: printed for F. J. Du Roveray, . . . 1804. _Royal 8vo, six volumes, original boards, uncut edges._

Largest paper copy, one of fifty printed.

Portrait by L. Schiavonetti after E. F. Burney, and nineteen illustrations by Warren, Fittler, Neagle, Heath, etc., after Stothard, Westall, Fuseli, Singleton, and others.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--Poetical Works. 1804. _Royal 8vo, six volumes bound in four, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford._

Another copy, printed on largest paper.

The twenty-two illustrations by Warren, Fittler, Neagle, etc., after Stothard and others are in three states: the etching, India proof before letters, and proof before the inscription. In addition, fifty-seven portraits of Pope have been inserted, including two drawings, one hundred and thirty-two portraits of the chief characters mentioned, eighty-six scenes from the Poems, and ten views. Over seventy of the inserted plates are India proofs, and many more before the letters. The series of illustrations by Marillier are often in two states, and among the rarities are two prints of St. Cecilia by Bartolozzi (one coloured) and the Three Graces, by the same engraver, a water-colour of Mahomet by G. P. Harding, mezzotints of Wycherly, Newton, Pope, Jane Shore, and others, Richelieu by Faithorne, Charles II. by Bouttats, Charles I. by Hollar, Voiture by Nantueil, and the Penance of Jane Shore by Scriven, India proof.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--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, now first published, some Original Letters, with additional observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author. By the Rev. William Lisle Bowles . . . London: printed for J. Johnson . . . 1806. _8vo, ten volumes, olive morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Lewis._

Large paper copy.

In addition to the regular series of twenty-one portraits and a facsimile, forty other portraits and plates have been inserted in these volumes, consisting of the series by Stothard, Burney, etc., artist proofs on India paper, the illustrations by Marillier, some in two states, and many other proofs.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope [with a Memoir by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, and a portrait of Pope] London William Pickering 1831. _Foolscap 8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Works of Alexander Pope. New edition. Including several hundred unpublished letters, and other new materials. Collected in part by the late R^{t}. Hon. John Wilson Croker. With introductions and notes. By Rev. Whitwell Elwin. . . . With portraits and other illustrations. London: John Murray, . . . 1871. [-1889] . . . _8vo, ten volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Volumes I-IV, Poetry, are dated 1871-82; Volume V, Life and Index, 1889; Volumes VI-X, Letters, 1871-86.

POPE AND SWIFT.--(I.) Miscellanea. in two volumes. Never before Published. viz.

I. Familiar Letters written to Henry Cromwell Esq; by Mr. Pope.

II. Occasional Poems by Mr. Pope, Mr. Cromwell, Dean Swift, &c.

III. Letters from Mr. Dryden, to a Lady, in the Year 1699.