Item #205742 An Essay on Man,; In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle I [II and III]. Alexander Pope.

An Essay on Man,; In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle I [II and III]

London: Printed for J. Wilford. . . n.d. (1733). 3 vols in one, small folio, trimmed to approx. 8-1/2 X 13 in.; 17,18,20pp; later plain blue wrappers. Original owner's signature to title page of first volume; semi-circular chip to the base of one page about the size of an orange slice, no loss of text; a touch of lightening and a few small chips to wrappers. Item #205742

Second edition of the first Epistle (Griffith's issue I/307); first editions of the other two epistles (Griffith L/300 & Q/308), with the footnote at the end of the third epistle stating that "The rest of this work will be published the next Winter." The death of Pope's mother in June of 1733 delayed his completion of the work. A nice, clean copy with generous margins.

Price: $1,250.00

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