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The Odyssey of Homer


Homer; Alexander Pope (trans)


Suttaby, Evance, Crosby & Co. 1811

Binding:  Hardback  |  Condition: Good  | 

Handsome little full leather binding of Pope's translation of the Odyssey. With gilt decoration to spine with greek fret meander. Blind stamped and gilt design to cover. With engraved title page and frontispiece based on a painting by Robert Smirke. Marbled page edges. Marbled endpapers. Inner and outer dentelles. 32mo. (130x75mm) 484pp. Previous owner's inscription to front blank. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Creasing to spine. Contents clean and prim. Binding tight. Good condition.