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The iliad and the odyssey homer6/29/2023 ![]() An exceptional set of first editions with notable provenance. Laid in is a one page autograph noted signed, undated, to Hobhouse, endeavoring to arrange a meeting, signatory illegible. ![]() The Odyssey, apart from some occasional marginal dusting, is generally crisp and fresh. Light offsetting in first four volumes of The Iliad, which is often encountered. ![]() Frontispiece portrait in first volume of each work, engraved title vignette in second, folding map and folding view of the Siege of Troy, engraved head and tail pieces, decorated initials. Hobhouse (1786-1869) was Lord Byron’s close friend, literary confidante and executor. The bookplate in each volume of Sir John C. 11 volumes, uniformly bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and corner ornaments, rebacked. Item Number: 3361įirst editions of Alexander Pope’s monumental illustrated translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. The Iliad of Homer & The Odyssey of Homer. ![]()
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