The works of Mr. Alexander Pope

All titles

• The works of Mr. Alexander Pope
• Works

People / Organizations

• William Bowyer the elder ("printed by")
• Alexander Pope (Author)
• Bernard Lintot ("printed for")

Imprint

London : Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates, 1717.

Added name

Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver.

Publication year

1717

ESTC No.

T5385

Grub Street ID

280748

Description

[30], 405, [1] p., plate : port. ; 4°.

Note

Vol. 1

Titlepage in red and black

Title statement ends with a raised period, up above the bottom serif of the final 'E'

Frontis. portrait (plate) of Alexander Pope signed: Geo. Vertue sculpsit

Sig. O2 is a cancel

With a half-title

The sheets were also issued with a different titlepage bearing the imprint: "printed by W. Bowyer, for Jacob Tonson, and Bernard Lintot"

An unsigned, 8-page section entitled "The first ode of the fourth book of Horace" is inserted between quires 5F and 5G in filmed copy (L)

Signatures: [2] unsigned leaves a-g]2 [B]]2 C]4(-C4) D-5L]2.