The Iliad of Homer. 6 Vols

by Alexander Pope, Thomas Parnell, W. Broome, Transl., Essay

$2,500 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates, 1715-1720. First edition, first issue. Hardcover. Large Quarto. Original vellum with decorative gilt-tooled framing on covers, gilt lettering on brown calf labels of spines, plus gilt tooling and ruling; raised bands. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of bust of Homer. Title page printed in red and black with black double-framing.

• Binding: Leather

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