Pope--Homer, The Iliad, 1715-1720, [together with] The Odyssey, 1725-1726, 11 volumes

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POPE, ALEXANDER--HOMER

The Iliad and The Odyssey, in 11 volumes:

The Iliad of Homer. W. Bowyer for Bernard Linott, 1715-1720.6 volumes, 4to, title-pages in red and black, privilege leaves, engraved initials, head and tail-pieces, volume 1 with portrait frontispiece, 8pp. list of subscribers, 1 folding map, volume 2 with folding map, volume 5 with The Shield of Achilles plate, plate shaved with loss to text and image, some staining and browning;The Odyssey of Homer. for Bernard Linott, 1725-1726. 5 volumes, 4to, title-pages in red and black, privilege leaves, engraved initials, head and tail-pieces, volume 1 with portrait frontispiece, 8pp. list of subscribers,loss to title page of volume 2, spotting and browning all uniformly bound in contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt,boards with minor soiling and abrasions, spines with some loss to labels and gilt, rubbed (11)

The gilt numbering on the spines of Volumes IV and V ofThe Odyssey is incorrectly swapped.

LITERATURE:

Griffith 39, 47, 75, 93, 112, 116, 152, 155, 159, 166, 170

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