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Sale 482: Rare Books & Manuscripts - Fine Press - Illustrated Books (#482) 06/21/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #55Ilias [&] Odyssea

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$750

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Sale 482: Rare Books & Manuscripts - Fine Press - Illustrated Books (#482) 06/21/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 06/21/2012 11:00 AM PDT

Description

Title:

Ilias [&] Odyssea

Author:

Homer

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Knapton

Date Published:

1729-1740

Description:

Three volumes in two. [viii], 355; [iv], 370, [18]; [iv], 784, [36] pp. Engraved portrait. (4to) 25.7x20.5 cm. (10x8") full vellum, armorial device in blind at center of boards, titles handwritten on spines.

Parallel text in Greek and Latin, with annotations by Samuel Clarke.

Condition:

Some light soiling to vellum; occasional light foxing; near fine.

Item#:

227293

Headline:

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey Samuel Clarke trans
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