Book III

, F2 verso-H2 (verso blank). Pages 1-51.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. 1728. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by F. Bedford._

Another copy, measuring 7-5/8 by 4-5/8 inches.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--(I.) The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. In three books. [woodcut of a vase of flowers] Dublin, Printed, London Re-printed for A. Dodd. 1728. (II.) A Compleat Key to the Dunciad.

/p How easily Two Wits agree, One finds the Poem; One the Key. p/

London, Printed for A. Dodd. 1728. (Price 6d.) _12mo, red levant morocco, gilt back, doubled with red morocco, wide border, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru._

Second issue of the first edition. "C" of Thoms's list.

The distinguishing mark of this issue is on page 1, line 1 (ending with "who"), where "Book and the man I sing" is corrected to "Books." The text was probably printed from the same forms of type as the first issue, with corrections of some, but not all, typographical irregularities; e.g., on page vii of the Preface the second "i" of the Roman numeral extends above the line in both issues; on page 1, line 1, of the second issue the last letter in "who" has been raised to the line, whereas in the first it is below. On page 5 the same space exists in both issues between "F" and "i" of "First" in the running head-line; on page 23, line 159, the misprint "spirits" occurs in both issues. In the note on page 5 "Interlude" of the first issue is changed to "Enterlude" in the second.

In the first issue the verso of H2 is blank; in the second it contains an announcement: "Speedily will be Published The Progress of Dulness, an Historical Poem. By an Eminent Hand. Price 1s. 6d."

Signature A of the first issue is not lettered; the first page of the Preface in the second is lettered A3.

Page vii of the Preface in the first issue is lettered "b"; in the second issue it is unlettered, making six leaves in A, the present issue being a 12mo in sixes, the first an 8vo in fours, with corresponding alterations in signature marks.

Collation: I. Owl frontispiece (No. 1), A1 (recto blank). Title with woodcut of a vase of flowers, A2 (verso blank). "The Publisher to the Reader," A3-A5. Pages i-viii. Half-title, A6 (verso blank). Text, B1-F2 (verso advertisement, "Speedily will be Published," etc.), in sixes. Pages 1-51.

II. Title with woodcut, A1 (verso blank). "To the Public," A2-A3. Key, A4-A8 and B1-B3. Pages 1-22. "Six New Books, just Publish'd," B4.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. an Heroic Poem. In three books. The Second Edition. Dublin, Printed; London, Reprinted for A. Dodd. 1728. _12mo, maroon morocco, blind-tooled, gilt top, uncut edges._

"D" of Thoms's list. Presumably the third issue of the first edition, although the title-page says "second edition." The Address from the Publisher to the Reader appears to have been printed from the same forms as the two preceding issues ("B" and "C" of Thoms's list), because of many similarities of dropped letters and defective types. The text was probably printed from the same type reimposed to admit of the interpolation of notes, e.g., on page 5, "Lord Mayor of London" is added to the note, "Sir Geo. Tho--"; on page 6, line 94, "And furious D--n" is changed to "D--s"; on page 7 two notes are added, "Old Printers." and "Sec. Philemon Holland." On page 22 the addition of a note of three lines necessitated the transference of two lines of text to the top of page 23; "Spirts," line 159, page 23, is here correctly printed, whereas in the previous issue it is "Spirits." The advertisement of "The Progress of Dulness" on the verso of F2 does not occur here.

Lieut.-Col. Francis Grant's copy.

Collation: Owl frontispiece (No. 1), A1 (recto blank). Title with ornament of a vase of flowers, other flowers at the side, A2 (verso blank). "The Publisher to the Reader," A3-A5. Pages i-viii. Half-title, A6 (verso blank). Text, B1-F2 (verso blank), in sixes. Pages 1-51.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. an Heroic Poem. In three books. [Square printer's ornament] Dublin, Printed, London Reprinted for A. Dodd. 1728. _12mo, maroon morocco, blind-tooled, gilt top, uncut edges._

Undescribed by Thoms.

Another edition of 1728, presumably the second, rather than the preceding. The type is entirely reset in the body of the work, although the same founts are used. On the title-page it is larger and of a heavier face than in the preceding edition, and the ornament is different. The "U" in "Dunciad" is not symmetrical, as in the other edition, but has a straight right and a curved left side. The Owl frontispiece has been re-engraved (variety No. 2).

The first page of the Preface, A2 (A3 in the other edition), has a large, heavy capital "I" for "It," whereas the other begins with an "I" in a woodcut border.

"Who," the last word of the first line of the other edition, is the first word of the second line here,--the distinguishing mark of this edition. The type of the final page of advertisement is of much lighter face than in the other edition.

It does not contain the additional notes on pages 5, 7, and 22, and the spelling of "Interludes" in the note on page 5 is preserved; therefore it was probably set up from a copy of "B" rather than "C," although the misprint "spirits," page 23, line 159, is corrected.

Lieut.-Col. Francis Grant's copy.

Collation: Title with square printer's ornament, A1 (verso blank). "The Publisher to the Reader," A2-A4. Pages i-viii. Text, A5-E6 (verso advertisement of "The Progress of Dulness"), in sixes. Pages 1-51, 36 misprinted 56.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus [vignette of Ass] London. Printed for A. Dod. 1729. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First complete, and author's first avowed edition. "F" of Thoms's list.

Four varieties of the Ass frontispiece are found in different editions. No. 1 as in the present edition, No. 2 in the first variorum 8vo edition, No. 3 in the reprint of the variorum 4to (page x), and No. 4 in the Collected Works, folio, 1735.

Although the difference between Nos. 1 and 2 is perfectly evident when the two plates are compared side by side, the details of No. 1 are so faithfully re-engraved in No. 2 that a definite mark of differentiation is difficult to give. In No. 1 the spacing of the letters in "vicum" in the inscription at the left of the vignette is uneven; there is too much space between "v" and its adjacent letters. This is not so in No. 2. In No. 2, on the other hand, the "o" in "deferor" is raised above the line, as it is not in No. 1. Perhaps the surest means is measurement; No. 1 is 4 inches in height; No. 2, 3-7/8 inches.

No. 3 is much smaller and has very evidently been re-engraved. The spelling "Heywood" is found here instead of "Haywood," as in Nos. 1 and 2. In No. 4 the caption of the paper in the right foreground is "The Free Briton" instead of "Bakers journal," as in Nos. 1, 2, and 3.

Collation: Title printed from a copper-plate, with vignette of the Ass, No. 1, one leaf (verso blank). "Pieces contained in this Book," a1 (verso blank). Advertisement, a2. "Letter to the Publisher," a3-b4 (verso quotations). Pages 1-16. Half-title, "Martinus Scriblerus his Prolegomena to the Dunciad," B1 (verso blank). "Testimonies of Authors," B2-D3 recto. "Martinus Scriblerus, of the Poem," D3 verso-E1. "Dunciados Periocha," E2-E3 (verso blank). Half-title, "The Dunciad, in three books, with Notes Variorum," E4 (verso blank). Text, F1-O4, in fours, P1-P2, and Q1-Q2 (verso blank). "M. Scriblerus Lectori," Errata, Q3 recto. Index of Persons, Q3 verso-Q4 (verso "Index of Author's"). Half-title of Appendix, R1 (verso "Pieces contained in the Appendix"). Appendix, R2-X1 (verso "A List of All our Author's Genuine Works"). "Index of Things," X2-X4. Pages 11-18 and cxix-cxxiv. Addenda, one leaf (verso blank).

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. 1729. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Another copy, uncut.

Collation: The same as the preceding copy, excepting that it lacks the final leaf of Addenda.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. 1729. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Another copy, with the inscription on the title-page, "J. Caryll. Ex dono authoris."

Collation: The same as the preceding copy.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. [vignette of the Ass] London. Printed for A. Dob. [_sic_] 1729. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side panels in floral design, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

The first octavo variorum edition. "G" of Thoms's list. Probably recomposed from the quarto edition, with the same fount of type. Some of the errors of the preceding edition corrected and vignette of Ass re-engraved.

Collation: Title printed from a copper-plate, with vignette of Ass (variety 2), one leaf (verso blank). "Pieces contained in this Book," A1 (verso Advertisement). "A Letter to the Publisher," signed William Cleland, A2-A4 and B1. Quotations, B2 recto. "Martinus Scriblerus his Prolegomena to the Dunciad" (running title, "Testimonies of Authors"), B2 verso-D4, in fours. "Martinus Scriblerus Of the Poem," E1-E3 recto. Pages i-xxxvii. "Dunciados Periocha: or, Arguments to the Books," E3 verso-E4. Text, F1-P3 (verso "M. Scriblerus Lectori," Errata). Index of Persons and Authors, P4. Pages 1-80. Half-title of Appendix, a1 (verso "Pieces contained in the Appendix"). Appendix, a2-d3 (verso "A List of All our Author's Genuine Works"). Pages i-xxx. Index of Things, d4-e2. "Addenda to the Octavo Edition," f1.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorum, with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. [engraving of the Ass] London: Printed and Re-printed, for the Booksellers in Dublin, M DCCXXIX. _8vo, red morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

A reprint of the quarto variorum edition of 1729.

Collation: Title engraved by P. Simms with vignette of the Ass, variety 3, one leaf (verso blank). "Pieces contained in this Book," A1 (verso blank). Advertisement, A2-A3 recto. "A Letter to the Publisher," A3 verso-A8 and B1 recto. Quotations, B1 verso-B2 (verso blank). Half-title, B3 (verso blank). "Testimonies of Authors," B4 and C1-C8, D1-D4, and E1-E2. "Martinus Scriblerus, of the Poem," E3-E6. "Dunciados Periocha," E7-E8 and F1 (verso blank). Half-title, F2 (verso blank). Text, F3-N4, in alternating eights and fours, beginning with F in fours. "M. Scriblerus Lectori," N5 recto. "Index of Persons," N5 verso-N6 (verso "Index of Authors"). Half-title of Appendix, N7 (verso "Pieces contained," etc.). Appendix, N8-R4 recto, ending with "A List of all our Author's Genuine Works." Q3 recto is blank. "Index of Things," R4 verso-S2 (misprinted R2). Addenda, S3 (verso blank). Pages 1-192 and 185-205, misprinted 105.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. With Notes variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head, against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet, 1729. _8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

"H" of Thoms's list.

Frontispiece of the Ass and also the Owl, the latter on the verso of a false title between H1 and H2, preceding the text of the poem.

Collation: Half-title, one leaf (verso blank). Ass frontispiece, variety 1, A1 leaf (recto blank). Title, A2 (verso blank). "Pieces contained in this Book," A3 misprinted A2 (verso blank). Advertisement, A4. "A Letter to the Publisher," signed William Cleland and dated "St. James's Dec. 22 1728," B1-C3. Quotations, C4. Half-title, "Martinus Scriblerus his Prolegomena to the Dunciad," D1. "Testimonies of Authors," D2-F3. "Martinus Scriblerus of the Poem," F4-G2. "Dunciados Periocha: or, Arguments to the Books," G3-G4 (verso blank). Half-title, "The Dunciad, in three books, with Notes Variorum," H1 (verso blank). Second half-title, "The Dunciad," one leaf (verso engraving of the Owl, variety 3). Text, H2-Z2 (verso blank), in fours. Index of Persons, Z3-Z4 (verso Index of Authors). Half-title of Appendix, Aa1 (verso "Pieces contained in the Appendix"). Appendix, Aa2-Ff2 recto, in fours. "A List of All our Author's Genuine Works," Ff2 verso-Ff3 recto. Index of Things, Ff3 verso-Gg4. Pages 1-24, one leaf, 19-221, and ccxxii-ccxxxii. "M. Scriblerus Lectori," Errata, one leaf.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. With Notes variorum &c. 1729. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Another copy, printed upon large paper.

Collation: The same as the preceding copy, excepting that it contains no preliminary half-title.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. With Notes variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. The Second Edition, with some Additional Notes. London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head, against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet, 1729. _8vo, brown straight-grain morocco, gilt fillets, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

"K" of Thoms's list.

This edition has many additional Notes and Epigrams, and seven pages (four leaves) of Errata instead of two. It also contains the cancelled leaf P3, with the preceding edition through Gg4, excepting that there is no engraving of the Owl between H1 and H2, and pages 222-232 are numbered in Arabic instead of Roman numerals. After page 232 are three leaves of Errata, A1-A3, pages 1-6, and a fourth leaf, A4, containing eight additional lines of Errata.

Collation: Ass frontispiece, No. 1, A1 (recto blank). Title printed in red and black, A2 (verso blank). From this point on, the collation agrees with eight lines of verse (159-166) on page 110 instead of twelve; on page 109 the Remarks consist of ten lines signed "Scriblerus," which with the next two lines were cancelled in later editions.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad. With Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. Written in the Year, 1727. London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver in Fleetstreet. [1733] _Small 8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

"L" of Thoms's list.

The Declaration by the Author, pages 125-126, was declared before John Barber, Mayor, January 3, 1732, and in the List of Books in which the Author was abused, the last two on page 243 are dated 1733, which makes the year of printing not earlier than 1733.

Owl frontispiece, variety No. 3.

Collation: Title, A1 (verso blank). "Pieces contained," etc., A2 (verso blank). Advertisement, A3, misprinted A4-A4 recto. "A Letter to the Publisher," A4 verso-B2. Quotations, B3. "Martinus Scriblerus of the Poem," B4-B7. "Testimonies of Authors," B8-D7, in eights. Half-title, D8 (verso blank). Text, E1-O8, O3 misprinted N3. "By the Author, a Declaration," in black letter, dated January 3, 1732, and given before John Barber, Mayor, P1. "Index of Persons," P2-P3 (verso "Index of Authors"). Appendix, P4-Q6 recto. "Index of Things," Q6 verso-R4 (verso blank). Pages 1-263, 225 misprinted 125.

POPE, ALEXANDER.--[Half-title] The Dunciad, in three books, Written in the Year 1727. with Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. [1735] _Folio, brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Part of Pope's Works, Volume II, folio, 1735. Ass vignette, No. 4, on F1 verso, and on F2 recto a headband engraved P. F.[ourdrinier] after W. K[ent].

Collation: Half-title, B1 (verso blank). "A Letter to the Publisher," A2-E1 (verso Quotations) in twos. Arguments, E2-F1, ending with the Ass vignette, No. 4. Book I , F2-I2 recto. Book II , I2 verso-O1.