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Pope's own miscellany : being a reprint of Poems on several occasions, 1717, containing new poems by Alexander Pope and others: PB 302-2003

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Titles

Pope's own miscellany : being a reprint of Poems on several occasions, 1717, containing new poems by Alexander Pope and others

Maker(s)

Author: Pope, Alexander (Poet)
Editor: Ault, Norman
Publisher: Nonesuch Press
Designer: Meynell, Francis
Printer: Johnson, John (printer)
Printer: Oxford University Press

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Description

Edited by Norman Ault

A reprint of the Queen's College copy of the second, or corrected, issue; except for a few misprints, it follows the 1717 text in spelling and punctuation.

Xcvii, 165 p. : facsim ; 26 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London
  • Oxford

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1935

Note

"Of this edition, designed by Francis Meynell, 750 copies have been printed on Van Gelder paper in the Fell types by John Johnson, Printer to the University, at the University Press, Oxford. This is number [in ms] 456." Bound in green cloth with gold stamping (title and decorations on spine and ornamental border on front and back covers).

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 302-2003
Primary reference Number: 95903
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Monday 31 July 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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