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The Complete Works of ALEXANDER POPE!!

Containing the Principal Notes of Doctor's Warburton and Warton;
Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers, and Others.

To Which are Added:
Now for the FIRST TIME PUBLISHED
Some Original Letters with Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of The Author.
By The Rev. William Lisle  Bowles, AM. 

Ten Volumes, Complete; as stated on the title pages.

Printed in 1806!
This set is OVER 200 YEARS OLD!!

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING of this important edition;
including New content appearing for The FIRST TIME, as stated on the title pages!
Priced over $2400.00 elsewhere, this is an important FIRST EDITION of Alexander Pope's Works!
These are large books measuring 8.75 inches tall! 
Twenty-two, paper guarded, single-sided, monochrome illustrations.
Bound in genuine calf leather bindings of the highest quality!
Gilded spines!
Elaborate full diced leather bindings with gilt frames!
Full leather bindings, such as these, were very costly to produce, and are very desirable! 
Printed on very high quality paper; very well laid out and a pleasure to read! 
Printed for J. Johnson, London;
First Edition. Ten Volumes. London 1806.

All hinges strongly attached, and held in place by the underlying hinge cords, even though they are starting. These are the original bindings.This is a gorgeous set and display exceptionally well. Some external wear/rubs, as shown in the pictures. Internally fully intact. Printed on thick quality paper. Tightly bound, thick paper, some foxing, no writing, or previous signs of ownership, but there is an early armorial bookplate of William Kingsmill, Esq. with the phrase "do well doubt nought".

Bowles laid down certain canons as to poetic imagery which, subject to some modification, were later accepted, but were received at the time with strong opposition by admirers of Pope and his style.
The controversy brought into sharp contrast the opposing views of poetry, which may be roughly described as the artificial and the natural. Bowles maintained that images drawn from nature are poetically finer than those drawn from art; and that in the highest kinds of poetry the themes or passions handled should be of the general or elemental kind, and not the transient manners of any society. 
 
His comments on the poet's life were written in a severe, even hostile spirit. Bowles's estimate of Pope as a poet gave rise to a long controversy. (DNB) William Lisle Bowles, 1762 1850, was an English poet and critic.
These take up 12 inches shelf space, and display exceptionally well!  

This would make an excellent gift and/or addition to any fine library.
Antiquarian books make a great investment, are only going up in value, and are sure to increase the aura of any room or office!

We will pack very securely to ensure safe arrival at your doorstep.
All books are individually wrapped and professionally padded.
We double wrap, and will leave plenty of space between this purchase and the walls of the box. We fill this space with plenty of padding to provide additional protection during shipping.

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