Dec 06, 2001 - Sale 1917

Sale 1917 - Lot 270

Price Realized: $ 402
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
[----.] The Dunciad, Variorum. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus.<> [2], 16, [2], 32, 124 pages, including engraved title with vignette of book-laden ass * The New Dunciad: As it was found in the Year 1741. With the Illustrations of Scriblerus, and Notes Variorum.<> [8], 39 pages. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, first in contemporary calf gilt, lettering piece off, second in modern wrappers, with half-title soiled and dampstained. London: A. Dod, 1729; T. Cooper, 1742

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First edition of the first three books to include critical apparatus, together with the first edition of the fourth book. Griffith 211, 546; Foxon P771, P787.<