Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. By Several Hands

[Pope, Alexander (contributor and probable editor)]

Edité par Bernard Lintott, London, 1712

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First edition. Engraved frontispiece. [viii], 320, [353]-376, [8, ads] pp., with half-title. 8vo. First edition of Lintott's Miscellany containing the first printing of Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" in its shorter two-canto form. Five poems carry Pope's name, though "The Rape of the Lock" was published anonymously. The mock-epic was one of Pope's early successes and established him as a precocious master of satire. It first appeared in its five-canto form in 1714. Other contributors to the Miscellany include Gay, Dryden, Broome, Fenton and Prior. Griffith 6; Rothschild 1565. Provenance: Frederick Locker Lampson and a notethat hisfriendMr. Anneston of Upper Grosvenor Street gave it to him in 1879, with a note in Locker's hand Bound in contemporary paneled calf, new spine. Laid into a half brown morocco slipcase and chemise. Signed Frances Legh on the title-page Engraved frontispiece. [viii], 320, [353]-376, [8, ads] pp., with half-title. 8vo.

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• Titre: Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. By Several Hands
• Éditeur: Bernard Lintott, London
• Date de parution: 1712
• Édition: First edition.
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
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