One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope, Occasion'd By Two Epistles Lately Published

Quarto, 24pp. A very good example, bound in handsome 19th century 3/4 maroon morocco and maroon cloth. Gilt title to spine, with some gilt perished. Mildly foxed. Later endpapers, lacking half-title. Attractive bookplate of F. Grant on the front paste-down, which contains an image of the original frontispiece used in the first edition of the "Dunciad." Very scarce large pamphlet, written in response to Alexander Pope's critiques of these two authors in his "Dunciad." A 19th century handwritten note is neatly pasted to the front free endpaper, which reads, "This volume, which was afterwards published in 8vo, is the joint production of Leonard Welsted and James Moore Smythe. It appeared afterwards with explanatory notes in the collected edition of Welsted's "Works," published by John Nichols (London, 1787, I vol, 8vo). Pope was much annoyed by this pamphlet, + attacked it several times in the "Grub Street Journal." Extremely scarce; we were unable to trace any auction records in the past century. OCLC records about 15 holdings, mostly in the United States at major collections. ESTC T43280; Foxon W302 (5).…