Collation: Title printed from a copper-plate, with vignette of the Ass, No. 1, one leaf (verso blank). "Pieces contained in this Book," a1 (verso blank). Advertisement, a2. "Letter to the Publisher," a3-b4 (verso quotations). Pages 1-16. Half-title, "Martinus Scriblerus his Prolegomena to the Dunciad," B1 (verso blank). "Testimonies of Authors," B2-D3 recto. "Martinus Scriblerus, of the Poem," D3 verso-E1. "Dunciados Periocha," E2-E3 (verso blank). Half-title, "The Dunciad, in three books, with Notes Variorum," E4 (verso blank). Text, F1-O4, in fours, P1-P2, and Q1-Q2 (verso blank). "M. Scriblerus Lectori," Errata, Q3 recto. Index of Persons, Q3 verso-Q4 (verso "Index of Author's"). Half-title of Appendix, R1 (verso "Pieces contained in the Appendix"). Appendix, R2-X1 (verso "A List of All our Author's Genuine Works"). "Index of Things," X2-X4. Pages 11-18 and cxix-cxxiv. Addenda, one leaf (verso blank).
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. 1729. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
Collation: The same as the preceding copy, excepting that it lacks the final leaf of Addenda.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. 1729. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Another copy, with the inscription on the title-page, "J. Caryll. Ex dono authoris."
Collation: The same as the preceding copy.
POPE, ALEXANDER.--The Dunciad, variorvm. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus. [vignette of the Ass] London. Printed for A. Dob. [_sic_] 1729. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side panels in floral design, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._
The first octavo variorum edition. "G" of Thoms's list. Probably recomposed from the quarto edition, with the same fount of type. Some of the errors of the preceding edition corrected and vignette of Ass re-engraved.
Collation: Title printed from a copper-plate, with vignette of Ass (variety 2), one leaf (verso blank). "Pieces contained in this Book," A1 (verso Advertisement). "A Letter to the Publisher," signed William Cleland, A2-A4 and B1. Quotations, B2 recto. "Martinus Scriblerus his Prolegomena to the Dunciad" (running title, "Testimonies of Authors"), B2 verso-D4, in fours. "Martinus Scriblerus Of the Poem," E1-E3 recto. Pages i-xxxvii. "Dunciados Periocha: or, Arguments to the Books," E3 verso-E4. Text, F1-P3 (verso "M. Scriblerus Lectori," Errata). Index of Persons and Authors, P4. Pages 1-80. Half-title of Appendix, a1 (verso "Pieces contained in the Appendix"). Appendix, a2-d3 (verso "A List of All our Author's Genuine Works"). Pages i-xxx. Index of Things, d4-e2. "Addenda to the Octavo Edition," f1.
