A reissue of the Gilliver [1735] (Griffith no. 393) edition., Anonymous. By Alexander Pope., Griffith cites two variants. Variant A has an owl as the frontispiece and p. 23 misnumbered 22. Variant B has an ass as the frontispiece and p. 23 numbered correctly., Includes bibliographical references and index., Publication date from Griffith., Signatures: A-Q⁸ R⁴(R4v blank)., and Variant A. Imperfect: t.p. torn at top, no loss of text.
Dunciad and Dunciad, variorum, with the prolegomena of Scriblerus
Description:
Anonymous. By Alexander Pope., BEIN Ik P810 729: Fine paper copy with phoenix watermark. Autograph: Paul Colnaghi., Cancelation in signatures statement as per Foxon., Engraved t.p., Includes bibliographical references and index., Signatures: engraved t.p. a-b⁴ B-J⁴ K⁴(-K1,2 + K1.2) L-O⁴ P² Q-X⁴., and True publisher of this quarto was Lawton Gilliver--c.f. Griffith.
Extra illustrated with mounted plates., Paged continuously with irregularities., Vol. 1 (Griffith 40) without list of subscribers, and with portrait of Pope, 1738, inserted to face frontispiece., and Vol. 1, 3-6 on heavy paper.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates,
BEIN 1997 70: Catchword on p. 8 intact. Regular paper issue., BEIN Ik P810 714 copy 1: Fine paper issue. Catchword p. 8: The 'e' has slipped above the line. Imperfect: Canto 5 plate bled at foreedge., Regular and fine paper issues. The regular paper issue has a watermark and the gutter margin on p. 9 is 1.5 cm. The fine paper issue has no watermark and the gutter margin on p. 9 is 2 cm., Signatures: A⁴ B-D⁸., The catchword on p. 8,'The', has several states, involving the slippage and disappearance of the 'h' and 'e'., and Title-page in red and black.
Publisher:
Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys in Fleetstreet,
Leaf O2 is a cancel., Port. signed: Geo. Vertue sculpsit., Signatures: pi⁴ a-c⁴ B-N⁴ O⁴(±O2) P-3I⁴ 3K²(3K2 blank)., Thick paper copy. Imperfect: half-title wanting. Printed receipt for first payment on subscription for Pope's Iliad, filled in to Richard Caryll and signed by Pope, mounted on front paste-down. Bookseller's label: Brick Row Book Shop., Vol. 1 only., and With half title.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates,
Subject (Name):
Caryll, Richard--Ms. notes and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744--Autograph
Errata on p. [1] at end., Made-up volume bound in 2 v. with groups r, s and t as per Griffith 372 (on thin paper; half-title (A2) of group r, on thick paper, bound in at front of 2:2), groups u (on thin paper) and v (on thick paper; quire C² on thin paper) as per Griffith 514, and groups s and u (on thick paper) as per Griffith 515., Signatures: A⁴ [superscript chi]B⁴ B-I⁴ K²(-K2) [superscript chi]K²(-K1) ²K2(K1+[superscript chi]A²), ²G-I⁴ ³[superscript chi]K²(-K1), ³B-C⁴ D² *F²(-*F2) F-K⁴, ⁴A-L⁴, ⁵A⁴ B⁴(-B4), ⁶B-2H⁴ [²[superscript chi]K1 signed K2]., The sheets of this edition were reissued, possibly in 1739, in a number of made-up copies in thick paper which include, in varying combinations, other separately published pieces by Pope up to 1738, (see Griffith, R.H. Pope, 514)., Title page in red and black., and With a half-title.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head in Fleetstreet,