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Lot 251
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
9:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 -
800
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$1,500
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Lot Description
[NONESUCH PRESS]. HOMER. POPE, Alexander (1688-1744), translator. The Iliad. -The Odyssey. Holland: Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem for The Nonesuch Press, 1931.
8vo. Text in Greek and English, title-pages and chapter heads printed in black and red. Original tan morocco gilt, top edge gilt others uncut; marbled board slipcase (slight wear to corners).
LIMITED EDITION, number 359 of 525 copies for sale in the United States of a total edition 1450 copies (Iliad), number 543 of 525 copies for sale in the United States of a total edition of 1300 copies (Odyssey). This edition features the Greek text opposite the English, with elaborate type ornaments engraved and composed by Rudolf Koch.