POPE, Alexander]. T he Dignity, Use and Abuse of Glass-Bottles. Set forth in a sermon preach ’ d to an illustrious assembly, and now publish ’ d for the use of the inferiour clergy. By the author of The Tale of a Tub. London: the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1715.
POPE, Alexander]. T he Dignity, Use and Abuse of Glass-Bottles. Set forth in a sermon preach ’ d to an illustrious assembly, and now publish ’ d for the use of the inferiour clergy. By the author of The Tale of a Tub. London: the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1715. 8° (186 x 117mm). (Final verso with soiling affecting a few letters.) Modern half calf, morocco cover label. FIRST EDITION OF THIS GREAT RARITY , republished in 1752. Despite the title-page attribution, this is not thought to be by Swift. Norman Ault attributed it to Pope in an article “Pope’s Lost Sermon on Glass-Bottles” in The Times Literary Supplement , 6 June 1935 (copy supplied). An expanded version of this article, justifying inclusion of the sermon, appeared in volume 1 of the Prose Works (Oxford, 1936), edited by Ault. The case is difficult to prove since the only known allusion to this “lost” work occurs in a letter from Pope's friend, the painter Charles Jervis, 12 June 1715. Jervis's letter lists “the sermon” among other works known to be Pope’s, without mentioning that its profane subject is glass bottles. That the present “sermon” is by Pope, and therefore the one which Jervis alludes to, is argued by Ault from “the internal witness of his hand in idea and expression; and, secondly, the testimony of occasion” (see lxxv-xcii). The sermon's excessive patriotism can certainly be read as Scriblerian self-parody. The half-title reads: “A sermon preach’d to a congregation of glass-bottles,” and the bottles are asked to take particular pride in being British. “Confess the signal Favour of Heaven, which has not only made you Bottles, but European Bottles; not only European Bottles, but British Bottles: You are not born slaves to French Wines and French Brandies, but enjoy the most sweet and gentle Power of English Ale and German Mum.” Only six holdings in ESTC. No auction sale recorded on-line. Teerink 887.
POPE, Alexander]. T he Dignity, Use and Abuse of Glass-Bottles. Set forth in a sermon preach ’ d to an illustrious assembly, and now publish ’ d for the use of the inferiour clergy. By the author of The Tale of a Tub. London: the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1715.
POPE, Alexander]. T he Dignity, Use and Abuse of Glass-Bottles. Set forth in a sermon preach ’ d to an illustrious assembly, and now publish ’ d for the use of the inferiour clergy. By the author of The Tale of a Tub. London: the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1715. 8° (186 x 117mm). (Final verso with soiling affecting a few letters.) Modern half calf, morocco cover label. FIRST EDITION OF THIS GREAT RARITY , republished in 1752. Despite the title-page attribution, this is not thought to be by Swift. Norman Ault attributed it to Pope in an article “Pope’s Lost Sermon on Glass-Bottles” in The Times Literary Supplement , 6 June 1935 (copy supplied). An expanded version of this article, justifying inclusion of the sermon, appeared in volume 1 of the Prose Works (Oxford, 1936), edited by Ault. The case is difficult to prove since the only known allusion to this “lost” work occurs in a letter from Pope's friend, the painter Charles Jervis, 12 June 1715. Jervis's letter lists “the sermon” among other works known to be Pope’s, without mentioning that its profane subject is glass bottles. That the present “sermon” is by Pope, and therefore the one which Jervis alludes to, is argued by Ault from “the internal witness of his hand in idea and expression; and, secondly, the testimony of occasion” (see lxxv-xcii). The sermon's excessive patriotism can certainly be read as Scriblerian self-parody. The half-title reads: “A sermon preach’d to a congregation of glass-bottles,” and the bottles are asked to take particular pride in being British. “Confess the signal Favour of Heaven, which has not only made you Bottles, but European Bottles; not only European Bottles, but British Bottles: You are not born slaves to French Wines and French Brandies, but enjoy the most sweet and gentle Power of English Ale and German Mum.” Only six holdings in ESTC. No auction sale recorded on-line. Teerink 887.
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