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sumptuous full red morocco An exceptional set, uniformly bound in striking eighteenth-century red morocco of Alexander Pope's definitive translation of Homer's epic poems the Iliad and Odyssey, together with his collected poems and letters. Works: 'Besides new pieces, to be listed infra, the volume contains congratulatory poems by Sheffield Duke of Buckingham, Lady Winchelsea, Wycherley, Knapp, Fenton, Parnell, and S. Harcourt; and reprints of the Pastorals, Messiah, Windsor-Forest, Essay on Criticism, Rape of the Lock, Temple of Fame, January and May, Wife of Bath, Sapho of Phaon, Vertumnus and Pomona, Statius, Thirteenth Book of the Odyssey, Gardens of Alcinous, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, To MR. Jervas, To a young Lady with Voiture, On Silence, and Prologue to Cato' (Griffith) 15 vols; 4to (28.5 x 23 cm); uniformly bound in eighteenth-century red morocco, the covers with double gilt fillet border, gilt spines in 7 compartments, the 2nd compartments with contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, the 3rd lettered direct to the binding, the other compartments with central roundels and floral sprays, all edges marbled and gilt, remains of the original silk ribbons, spines slightly faded, with occasional minor loss to spine ends, covers a little rubbed with the order abrasion, near fine. Comprising: 'The Iliad'; first 4to edition; 6 vols; dated 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1720; printed on thick paper, engraved frontispiece to vol. I, folding double-page map, engraved folding view

• Binding: Hardcover

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