NMLP P-041341 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Rape of the Lock

Alexander Pope · Bernard Lintott, London · 1714

This is simultaneously the first separate, first complete (five-canto) and first illustrated edition; it was published on 4 March 1714, reportedly sold 3,000 copies in four days, and was reprinted within the same year, so any edition statement on the title page and the strength of the plate impressions both require checking

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-041341 for "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-041341, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).