The poetical works of Alexander Pope
Subtitle: with his last corrections, additions, and improvements.
By: From the text of Dr. Warburton. With the life of the author.
Contributors: Warburton, William, 1698-1779.; Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.; Brown, John, 1715-1766.; Statius, P. Papinius; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; Horace.; Donne, John, 1572-1631.; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: Bell's edition. The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...
Publisher: Printed under the direction of J. Bell
Published: 1787
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; lat
Notes: Added t.p., engraved, with vignettes from designs by Mortimer, dated 1777-78. Each volume has also special t.-p.
The Latin text accompanies the translations and imitations and the original text accompanies the versification of the satires of Dr. John Donne (v. 3, p. [168]-195)
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The life [of] Mr. Alexander Pope [from Cibber's "Lives of the poets"] Pastorals. Messiah, a sacred eclogue, in imitation of Virgil's Pollio. Windsor forest. Rape of the lock. Sappho to Phaon. Eloisa to Abelard. Temple of fame. January and May, from Chaucer, &c.; title: v. 2. An essay on satire, occasioned by the death of Mr. Pope; Inscribed to Mr. Warburton. By J. Brown. Essay on man. Essay on criticism. Moral essays. Wife of Bath. Statius' Thebias, book first [translation]; title: v. 3. The fable of Dryope: From the ninth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Vertumnus and Pomona: From the fourteenth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Imitations of English poets. Horace's Satires, epistles, and odes. Imitated. Satires of Dr. John Donne versified. Epistles. Miscellanies. Epitaphs.; title: v. 4. Advertisements. Prefaces. Letters. Parallels. The Duncaid. Index of persons and matters.