Poems, and imitations of Horace. By Mr. Pope. Now first collected together

All titles

• Poems, and imitations of Horace. By Mr. Pope. Now first collected together
• Poems. Selections

People / Organizations

• Alexander Pope (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for J. and P. Knapton, L. Gilliver, J. Brindley, and R. Dodsley, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]

Added name

Gilliver, Lawton, bookseller.; Brindley, John, -1758, bookseller. ; John and Paul Knapton (Firm), bookseller.

Publication year

1738

ESTC No.

T5484

Grub Street ID

281523

Description

[2], 39, [1]; 81, [1]; 7, [1]; 23 [i.e.25], [1] p. ; 4°.

Note

P.25 of 'Dialogue II' misnumbered 23

The sheets containing the Latin texts and the imitations of Epistles I.i, I.vi, II.i, II.ii and Odes I.iv were issued in 1738 with the title 'Epistles of Horace imitated'

Copies may have groups bound in different orders

Griffith dates this to January 1739, based on an advertisement for it mentioned in Ralph Straus's 'Robert Dodsley'. (London, 1910). However, there is no mentioning of where the advertisement had appeared

Woodcut ornaments; woodcut factotums; engraved tail-pieces

Also issued as part of made-up sets of the 'Works', possibly in 1739

Signatures: [A]]2(-A2) B-F]4;]2A-K]4L]2(-L2);]3[A]]4] B-D]4[chi]1.