Order Nr. 135331 THE ILIAD OF HOMER. Alexander Pope.
THE ILIAD OF HOMER.
THE ILIAD OF HOMER.

THE ILIAD OF HOMER.

(Foulis Press).
  • Glasgow, Scotland: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1771.
  • small 12mo
  • full calf, with raised bands, red leather labels and gilt stamped devices on spines, all edges marbled
  • (iv), 176, (1); (1); (iv), 158, (1); (iv), 181, (1); (iv), 163, (1) pages

Price: $995.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 135331

First Foulis edition (Gaskall 542). A beautifully bound set in full vellum which is gently soiled. Remnants of a bookplate in each volume on the front pastedown. Part of the duodecimo English poets series published by the Foulis Brothers. Volume 1 has duplicate pages of volume 2 bound in the rear between pages 172 and 173.