Apr 11, 2011 - Sale 2243

Sale 2243 - Lot 239

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
[POPE, ALEXANDER.] The Dunciad, Variorum. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. [2], 16, [2], 124 pages, including engraved title with vignette of ass laden with books. 4to, 253x192 mm, modern 1/4 calf; minor marginal repairs on D1 and L4, P1.2 gutters reinforced, pages 76-77 soiled. London: A. Dod, 1729

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Pope's satire on dullness was first published the year before. This is the first edition to include the critical apparatus satirizing editorial methods. Griffith 211; Foxon P771.