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HOMER. Iliad & Odyssey. Translated into English by Alexander Pope. London, 1715-26.
11 volumes, 4o (277 x 220 mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, engraved folding map, two engraved plates including one folding, numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces, titles printed in red and black. (Some light browning and staining.) Contemporary calf (some wear to joints, spines and edges). Provenance: Marquis Cornwallis (subscriber's copy, bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Maxwell Hunley, 12 January 1942) -- donated to SMS 1942.
FIRST EDITION of Pope's translation. Rothschild 1573 and 1590. (11)
11 volumes, 4o (277 x 220 mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, engraved folding map, two engraved plates including one folding, numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces, titles printed in red and black. (Some light browning and staining.) Contemporary calf (some wear to joints, spines and edges). Provenance: Marquis Cornwallis (subscriber's copy, bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Maxwell Hunley, 12 January 1942) -- donated to SMS 1942.
FIRST EDITION of Pope's translation. Rothschild 1573 and 1590. (11)