The Iliad of Homer. In the English Verse Translation

by Alexander Pope. Illustrated with the Classical Designs of John Flaxman by Homer, Alexander Pope, John Flaxman

£65 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1979. Greek Epic COLLECTOR'S EDITION. Octavo 27 x 19cm , pp. 4 xxxii; 478. With 23 plates by Flaxman, and a colour frontispiece. Publisher's red full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine and boards, all edges gilt, and pink watered-silk endpapers. Publisher's bookplate affixed to half-title, but not filled-in. Some light wear to edges. Near fine. From the Easton Press's '100 Greatest Books Ever

• Binding: Leather

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