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The Iliad of Homer | Translated by Alexander Pope, c. 1910.
The Iliad of Homer | Translated by Alexander Pope, c. 1910.
  • The Iliad of Homer | Translated by Alexander Pope, c. 1910.
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The Iliad of Homer | Translated by Alexander Pope, c. 1910

Alexander Pope

Author
Alexander Pope
Date
1910
Category
Fore-Edge Paintings
Record
S.I.10378

"The Iliad of Homer," translated by Alexander Pope, c. 1910. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. A charming 12mo volume (4.75" x 7") with 500 pages, bound in full tan padded suede wraps with gilt lettering to the upper cover and spine. The book features rose-gilt edges, green floral printed endpapers, a red-and-black title page, and a portrait frontispiece. The fore-edge is painted red.

Condition includes edgewear, rubbed corners with some loss, chipping with small loss to the head and foot of the spine, and a closed tear to the lower portion of the upper wrap near the spine. The spine and wrap edges are also sun-darkened. A handsome early twentieth-century edition of Homer's epic poem in Alexander Pope's celebrated English translation.

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