The Iliad of Homer. with The Odyssey of Homer
$35,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books
First edition
London: Bernard Lintott, 1715-1726. First edition of Pope's translation of the Iliad in 6 volumes and the Odyssey in 5 volumes, in the most desirable subscriber's quarto issue. Bound in contemporary armorial mottled Cambridge binding, sympathetically rebacked and laced in boards. Decorative tooling in blind and gilt, morocco title labels to spines, all edges speckled red. Armorial bookplate to each front
- Binding: Leather
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