Homer; Pope, Alexander. The Iliad of Homer. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1900. Edition de Grand Luxe. [12263]
Three-quarter morocco with vibrant marbled paper boards, matching marbled end papers, top page edges gilt, 6 gilt-decorated spine panels, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Some light rubbing to the edges; bottom of spine a bit dark; thin loss of leather at spine bottom. Photogravure frontispiece, letter press tissue guard, xivii [1], 478 clean pp., four additional plates with letter press tissue guards and eight facsimiles. Good. Hardcover.
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