first edition [iv], 8 pp., with half-title ("Mr. Pope's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day"). Folio
1713 · London
by [Pope, Alexander]
London: Bernard Lintott, 1713. First edition. [iv], 8 pp., with half-title ("Mr. Pope's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day"). Folio. Full green crushed levant morocco gilt by Riviere. Front joint expertly repaired, contents washed and pressed, half-title lightly soiled. First edition. [iv], 8 pp., with half-title ("Mr. Pope's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day"). Folio. The Terry-Slater Copy. Rare first edition of Pope's Ode for Music on St. Cecilia's Day, completed in 1711 at the suggestion of Richard Steele. Lintott paid Pope £15 for the copyright. ABPC records three sales of the first edition; the Locker-Lampson copy (in 1984 and 2008) and the present copy in 1982. Foxon P904; Griffith 20; Rothschild 1568. Provenance: Ward E. and Seth Sprague Terry (bookplate); Gerald E. Slater (his sale, Christie's New York, 12 February 1982, lot 129); Louis & Anne Marie Davidson (bookplate)
(Inventory #: 308095)