The Iliad Of Homer [ complete in 6 volumes ]
by Pope, Alexander [ Homer ]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
printed for Bernard Lintot, near Temple Bar, 1736. 4th edition.. Hardback. Contemporary calf, G+. Six volumes, [iv]+30+70+2+250+[2]pp, 22+242pp, 225+[3]pp, [vi]+267+[3]pp, [vi]+249+[9]pp, [vi]+190+[50]+[6]pp, plates as follows - volume I with portrait frontis of Homer & Pope ( Pope's remounted ), 6 plates, 1 folding plate & a folding map - volume II with frontis, folding panorama & 4 plates - volume III with 4 plates - volume 4 with 4 plates - volume 5 with a folding plate of Achilles' shield & 5 plates - volume 6 with 3 plates. Head & tail pieces throughout, indeces in volume 6. Several volumes contain adverts at the rear for other works published by Lintot. Text to pp175 in volume III corrected in a neat contemporary hand. Upper board to volumes I, V & VI detached, and with the upper board to the other volumes cracked, volume I with a worm trace to the lower part of the gutter affecting the text in several areas, mostly to the catchwords & footnotes, leather worn to the edges & with small chips to the spines, an un restored set. The fourth edition of Pope's translation of Homer Greek epic which first appeared between 1715 - 1720. Published by subscription it was a hugh seccess for both Pope & Lintot. Samuel Johnson declared that it was 'a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal', Richard Bentley was more critical, stating 'It is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope, but you must not call it Homer'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eastleach Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55323
- Title
- The Iliad Of Homer [ complete in 6 volumes ]
- Author
- Pope, Alexander [ Homer ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 4th edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed for Bernard Lintot, near Temple Bar
- Date Published
- 1736
- Keywords
- homer, pope, classics, greek literature, iliad
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Eastleach Books
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Eastleach Books
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Newbury, Berkshire
About Eastleach Books
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- Cracked
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