Pope ruffhead owen (3 Ergebnisse)

8vo, pp. [vi], 578; with an engraved frontispiece; in contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine gilt (a little rubbed, joints slightly cracked, lacks label). First edition: a substantial biography, with much new information, written at the suggestion of Warburton, to whose collection of Pope's manuscripts Ruffhead was given access. Warburton read the proofs of this book, and made corrections. Owen Ruffhead (ca. 1723-1769) grew up in London, where his father was a baker; the proceeds of a winning lottery ticket were used to give him a good education, and he became a lawyer. His venture into literary biography had a mixed reception; Samuel Johnson famously remarked that Ruffhead 'knew nothing of Pope and nothing of poetry'. Despite such opinions, the syndicate of booksellers who published this biography quickly reprinted it in quarto to accompany a new four-volume collected edition of Pope's works. The frontispiece depicts a commemorative monument erected by Warburton in 1761.…

12mo, pp. [ii], 235; [iv], 235; an exceptionally attractive copy in contemporary (Irish?) light calf, spines with red, blue and green morocco labels. First Dublin edition: originally published in London earlier the same year. This is a substantial biography, with much new information, written at the suggestion of Warburton, to whose collection of Pope's manuscripts Ruffhead was given access. Warburton read the proofs of this book, and made corrections. Owen Ruffhead (ca. 1723-1769) grew up in London, where his father was a baker; the proceeds of a winning lottery ticket were used to give him a good education, and he became a lawyer. His venture into literary biography had a mixed reception; Samuel Johnson famously remarked that Ruffhead 'knew nothing of Pope and nothing of poetry'. This copy lacks the frontispiece in volume I, which shows the monument to Pope erected by Warburton. Although separately published, it is clear that this copy was once bound as part of a set of the works: the labels read 'Pope's Works', and number these two volumes XVI and XVII. Provenance. Early inscription of 'J. Postlethwaite' in both volumes.…

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good. In 2 volumes complete. 235; 235 pp. Contemporary patterned calf. Raised bands to spines with recent dark green leather title labels. Slight wear to spine ends. Unusual patterned boards especially fresh and bright. Frontis portrait engraving to vol. 1. Internally clean. Bindings firm. Uncommon Dublin imprint. 12mo. …