Pope, Alexander. The Rape of the Lock. An Heroi-Comical Poem. London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys in FleetStreet, 1714. Octavo, 19th-century straight grain crimson morocco. $5800.

First complete edition of what Samuel Johnson described as "the most airy, the most ingenious, and the most delightful of all Pope’s compositions". This edition was preceded only by the much abbreviated 2-canto version published in Miscellaneous Poems, 1712. With 6 engraved plates (including frontispiece). One plate closely cropped (image unaffected), extremely clean throughout. A superior copy.