One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight. A dialogue something like Horace Pope, Alexander Classical Literature,Poetry

Folio, pp. [4], 10, [2]; uncut; printer's woodcut ornament on title page; bound with: One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight. Dialogue II. By Mr. Pope. London: printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's Head in Pall-mall, 1738. Folio, pp. 16; uncut. Together, 2 volumes in 1, 20th-century calf-backed plum paper-covered boards, with Abdy arms in gilt at center, gilt title direct on spine, Abdy crest at foot; nice copy. Engraved bookplates of Sir Robert Abdy Bart, Albyns, Essex. First editions, second impression of the first part, with 'One Shilling' in upper and lower case letters, and the signature D under 'her' on p. 9. Griffith notes that there are three variants and is uncertain whether or not they are distinct impressions, but Foxon is clear that they are. A third impression, with the signature D under 'behind' has the title-page and presumably signature D reset. There are two states of Dialogue II (see W. B. Todd in Book Collector I, 1952, p. 127): this has the corrected state, with 'Fools' altered to 'Tools' in the last line of p. 10. Mills College Check List 569 (for both parts); not in Riedel-Horatiana. Griffith 485 & 494; Foxon P-933 & 938; Rothschild 1642 for the first impression.