Jun 14, 2016 - Sale 2419

Sale 2419 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 228
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
HOMER. The Iliad of Homer * The Odyssey of Homer. 2 engraved title-pages and 39 line engravings by Thomas Piroli for the Iliad, by Neagle & Parker for the Odyssey, all after Flaxman. Oblong folio, gilt-stamped 3/4 red morocco over cloth, extremities moderately rubbed; contents foxed throughout, inked plate numbers in upper left margins, neat deaccession stamp on rear endpaper with remnants of removed card pocket there and on front endpaper. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1805
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with--Flaxman, John; and William Blake; printer. Compositions from the Works, Days and Theogony of Hesiod. 37 plates by John Flaxman, engraved with stippled lines by Blake. Oblong folio, modern 1/2 black morocco over marbled boards with printed label from original portfolio mounted to front cover; scattered foxing, 4 plates damaged. Sold for plates only. Bentley 456. London: Longman et al., 1817.