The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H. F. Cary, M.A. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, R.A.

Rev. H. F. Cary, M.A ed

Published by George Routledge and Sons, London

About this Item

London: George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill; New York: 416 Broome Street. Undated, late nineteenth century. ?A New Edition, Carefully Revised?, with a prefatory biographical notice. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, R.A.

Decorated olive-brown cloth, with gilt and dark stamping to upper board and spine; gilt page edges and yellow endpapers. Printed pages within red borders. Six illustrations present. Publisher?s advertisements at rear.

Good. Binding firm; pagination checked complete. Cloth rubbed and marked, with wear to board edges and corners. Spine ends frayed with small cloth losses; small abrasion to spine. Gilt edges rubbed and dulled. Light toning and scattered spotting, including to preliminary leaves and endpapers. Faint pencil marks to a rear advertisement page. No dust jacket.

Exact publication year and full illustration complement for this issue have not been established.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1790798933581

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H. F. Cary, M.A. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, R.A.
• Publisher: George Routledge and Sons, London
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Sir John Gilbert, R.A.
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 14W x 19H x 4D centimeters 14 centimeters width by 19 centimeters height by 4 centimeters depth
• Weight: 639 grams