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HOMER. The Odyssey. [Translated by Alexander Pope.] Half-titles. 5 volumes. Folio, 291x187 mm, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends chipped, lettering pieces off, joints cracked, cords intact; contents lightly dampwrinkled, occasional light marginal soiling, unobtrusive stamp of Glasgow University Library on title verso and last page in each volume, as well as their bookplate (withdrawn), Volume 1 lacks the frontispiece portrait and free endpapers, has light marginal dampstaining toward end, minor inkstains along bottom and fore edges in Volume 2, clean tear across L2 in Volume 4. . London: Bernard Lintot, 1725-26
First folio edition of Pope's version of the Odyssey, written in collaboration with William Broome and Elijah Fenton; ordinary paper set. Griffith 153, 157, 161, 168, 172; Hoffmann II, 356.
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