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Alexander POPE (1688-1744). Essay on Man. Der Mensch ein philosophisches Gedichte. Deutsche Uebersetzung. Mit der engländischen Urschrift nach der lezten vermehrten Ausgabe (Altenburg, in der Richterischen Buchhandlung, 1759); in-4, bound in antique ivory vellum, marbled edges. Bilingual English-German edition, opening with a printed dedication to Louise Dorothee Herzogin zu Sachsen, by translator Heinrich Christian Kretsch, followed by an 8p. poem in German illustrated with 2 engravings. Engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved vignettes, and 8 large double-engraved vignettes by Johann Heinrich Meil. Some foxing.

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Alexander POPE (1688-1744). Essay on Man. Der Mensch ein philosophisches Gedichte. Deutsche Uebersetzung. Mit der engländischen Urschrift nach der lezten vermehrten Ausgabe (Altenburg, in der Richterischen Buchhandlung, 1759); in-4, bound in antique ivory vellum, marbled edges. Bilingual English-German edition, opening with a printed dedication to Louise Dorothee Herzogin zu Sachsen, by translator Heinrich Christian Kretsch, followed by an 8p. poem in German illustrated with 2 engravings. Engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved vignettes, and 8 large double-engraved vignettes by Johann Heinrich Meil. Some foxing.

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