Apr 10, 2003 - Sale 1966

Sale 1966 - Lot 102

Price Realized: $ 632
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
HOMER. L'Iliade. Greek text and French translation in parallel columns. 34 (of 36?) engraved plates after designs by John Flaxman, each with lettered tissue guard. [4], xv, [1], [4], 207 pages, with half-title and title printed in gold ink. Folio, 437x270 mm, contemporary 1/4 red morocco gilt, some surface wear, bottom of spine chipped; light foxing on half-title and title, tissue guards foxed, with occasional light offsetting onto plates, clean tear across plate 10; uncut; contemporary board slipcase (rubbed). Paris: Bossange, Masson et Besson, 1809

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one of only twenty-five copies in the large-paper illustrated format