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[Pope, Alexander, translator.]
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- The Iliad of Homer. W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott, 1715-1720
folio, 6 volumes, small folio edition (one of approximately 1750 copies), portrait frontispiece of Homer after Vertue, subscribers' list, 5 plates on 2 leaves and engraved map of Greece in volume 1, folding frontispiece map of Troy in volume 2, "Achilles Shield" plate in volume 5, contemporary half calf, some occasional browning, spotting and damp-staining, early leaves of volume 2 heavily spotted with worming to margins at end, early leaves of volume 3 wormed at margin, binding very worn, 3 volumes lacking spine labels, upper cover of volume 1 almost detached, joints and extremities worn
Literature
Ashley 6:5-7; Griffith 40n, 41, etc.; Rothschild 1573
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Pope's Iliad, an enormous project which consumed the poet's energies for six years, was issued in several formats under a novel agreement between Pope and his publisher Bernard Lintot. Aside from the copies Lintot provided for Pope he printed and sold for his own account 1750 small-paper folios (of which the present copy is one), in addition to 250 large-paper folios. There were also some thick-paper quarto copies printed on "Dutch" Royal paper in an unknown number of copies.