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An essay on Pope's Odyssey: in which some particular beauties and blemishes of that work are consider'd.

Title
An essay on Pope's Odyssey: in which some particular beauties and blemishes of that work are consider'd.
Author
Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768
Publication
London, Printed for James and J. Knapton: and S. Wilmot, Oxford, 1726-27.

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Book/textPermit needed Berg Coll 77-303Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Description
2 v. in 1.; 17 cm.
Subject
  • Homer. Odyssey. English (Verity)
  • Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Godfray, J. > Provenance
  • Rees-Mogg, William, 1928-2012 > Provenance
Note
  • For variations see: Rothschild: Eighteenth-century books, II, 1940 /
  • Part 2 has imprint: Oxford, Printed for S. Wilmot; and sold by J. and J. Knapton, London.
  • Part 2 incorporates revisions suggested by Pope, who read the ms. Cf. Austin Wright. Joseph Spence. Chicago 1950, p. 10-12.
  • This copy lacks the general t. p. (An essay ... In two parts) dated 1727, with imprint as in Part II, inserted in the Rothschild copy.
  • J. Godfray autograph.
  • William Rees-Mogg copy, with his autograph.
Call Number
Berg Coll 77-303
OCLC
  • 4606547
  • NYPG774459880-B
Author
Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.
Title
An essay on Pope's Odyssey: in which some particular beauties and blemishes of that work are consider'd.
Imprint
London, Printed for James and J. Knapton: and S. Wilmot, Oxford, 1726-27.
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Berg Coll 77-303
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