The Iliad of Homer

by Alexander Pope

$95 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

London: J. Walker, 1807. Later printing. Hardcover. 24mo. 6 , 559, 1 pp. Original gilt-stamped red morocco, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Raised bands. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and title page. A scarce, early edition of Pope's translation of Homer. Alexander Pope 1688-1744 was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous

  • Printing: later
  • Binding: Leather

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