The Rape of the Lock, an Heroi-Comical Poem
Author: Alexander Pope
Title: The Rape of the Lock, an Heroi-Comical Poem
Publication: London: C. Bensley / F.J. Du Roveray et al, 1798
Description: Very Good-.
London: Printed by C. Bensley; for F.J. Du Roveray, 1798. First Bensley Edition. Octavo; full contemporary gilt-ruled calf, spine elaborately tooled in calf, blue papier-peint endpapers; xxix,[1],79pp.; engrave frontispiece (tissue-guard) and five leaves of plates. Boards scuffed at extremities, front board rather crudely reattached, else a Very Good, internally clean and bright copy.
Splendidly-illustrated edition of Alexander Pope's popular 1712 piece of high burlesque, boasting plates by multiple popular artists of the age, including Italian engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) and English painter Thomas Holloway (1748-1827).
ESTC T005736.
Seller ID: 28343
Subject: 18th Century, England / English Writers, Illustrators, Poetry
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