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Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)13
Pope, Alexander5
Dryden, John (1631-1700)2
Ault, Norman (1880-1950)1
Barber, John (1675?-1741)1
Baron, Bernard (1696-1762)1
Brockes, Barthold Heinrich1
Brockes, Barthold Heinrich (1680-1747)1
Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of (1648-1721)1
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The poems, epistles & satires of Alexander Pope

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Rhys, Ernest (1859-1946)

[1924]

"The collected poems of Alexander Pope with an introduction by Ernest Rhys." -- Added title page [p.i]. "Pope's published works": pages xiii-xv.

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BC MS Lt 16, f. A1r: Part of Alexander Pope's translation from Boethius, 'Consolation of Philosophy', III.9. (
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Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's 'De consolatione philosophiae', by Alexander Pope

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

c.1703-1704

Verse prayer to God as creator and source of reason, for inspiration, strength and comfort, translated from Boethius, 'Consolation of Philosophy', III.9, by Alexander Pope; together with bifolium lett...

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Minor poems

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Ault, Norman (1880-1950); Butt, John (1906-1965)

1954

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Hrn. B.H. Brockes... aus dem Englischen Übersetzter Versuch von Menschen des Herrn Alexander Pope, Esq. : nebst verschiedenen andern Uebersetzungen und einigen Gedichten : nebst einer Vorrede und einem Anhange von Briefen ... [etc.]

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Brockes, Barthold Heinrich (1680-1747); Zinck, B J

1740

Text and translation of: Essay on man. English and German on opposite pages. Separate t.p.: Vertheidigung einiger Sätze des Herrn Alexander Pope, wider die Beschuldigungen des Herrn de C-z aus de...

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BC MS Lt q 61, f.1r: The opening of Alexander Pope's poem
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Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit, attributed to Alexander Pope.

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

c.1710

Comprises an English satirical/moralising poem written on both sides of one leaf, together with two other leaves written in a second hand listing the contents of the collection of which this particula...

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Miscellaneous poems and translations (v.1)

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1722

Portrait of Pope in v. 1 engraved; title in red and black; head- and tail-pieces. Advertisements: v. 2, 1 p. at front. Vol. 1 includes twenty-one poems by Pope, nine of which are listed on the tit...

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Miscellaneous poems and translations (v.2)

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1722

Portrait of Pope in v. 1 engraved; title in red and black; head- and tail-pieces. Advertisements: v. 2, 1 p. at front. Vol. 1 includes twenty-one poems by Pope, nine of which are listed on the tit...

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Poetical miscellanies : the sixth part. Containing a collection of original poems, with several new translations

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1709

Collected and edited by Jacob Tonson. Pagination highly irregular: Y6, Hh8, Mm3 are cancels. First edition, second variant; cf. Griffith 1, Wise, T., Pope library, p. 3-4; Macdonald, Dryden, but o...

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The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Musgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham

Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of (1648-1721); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Vertue, George (1684-1756); Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723); Fourdrinier, Paul (1698-1758); Baron, Bernard (1696-1762); Barber, John (1675?-1741)

1723

Edition: one of two editions in 1723. Griffith (I,l,137), describes a copy with imprint "London, Printed for John Barber, and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1723". Printing: titl...

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Miscellaneous poems and translations

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1712

Editorship attributed to Pope and contains the first appearance of Pope's The rape of the locke. Often described as "Lintott's miscellany". Includes, together with six other pieces by Pope, the fi...

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Miscellaneous poems and translations

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1714

Cf. Griffith, R.H. Alexander Pope, a bibliography. Austin, 1922-27. v. 1., pt. 1, p. 32-33, no. 32. According to Griffith, the two leaves of Contents, the sigs. B-X (pp. 1-320), and the sigs. Aa-Bb ...

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Eloisa to Abelard

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Cheron, Louis (1660-1715); Gribelin, Simon (1733); Lintot, Bernard

1720

Contains six other poems by various authors, including one by Pope. Press figures present. Illustrations: frontispiece, A1, engraved by Samuel Gribelin jun. [i.e. Simon Gribelin] after Cheron. O...

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