THE ILIAD OF HOMER (COMPLETE 6 VOLUME SET)
by Homer; Alexander Pope (translator)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for Bernard Lintot. Fair. 1736. Hardcover. ; The fourth edition. Complete 6 volume set. Tan calf leather boards are worn at extremities and leather spines crackled and peeling. Front board of volume 1 holding by a thread and front board of volume 6 detached but present. All other boards are attached and holding well but hinges starting. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings of text tight. Early owner's name in antiquated ink front end sheet dated 1741 and another early owner's name on title page. Pages are lightly toned with modest foxing but in very good condition. Engraved headpieces and tailpieces. Engraved plates as follows: vol. 1, 1 folding plate plus 1 folding map and 5 more plates including frontis. Vol. 2, 1 folding plate and 4 more plates. Vol. 3, 4 plates. Vol. 4, 4 plates. Vol. 5, 1 folding plate and 5 more plates. Vol. 6, 3 plates. This being a total of 29 plates. Adverts at rear of 5 volumes of books printed for Bernard Lintot. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15291
- Title
- THE ILIAD OF HOMER (COMPLETE 6 VOLUME SET)
- Author
- Homer; Alexander Pope (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Printed for Bernard Lintot
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1736
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2020
Livonia, Michigan
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...