The Iliad of Homer. Translated from the Greek by Alexander Pope Esq .
Philadelphia: J. Crukshank et al, 1795. Duodecimo (7 x 4 inches, 175x100 mm). Contemporary tree calf. Condition: Foxing; light rubbing to the binding. Provenance : T. Stone (early signature on the front free endpaper); Durham Book Company New Library (early inscription on the front pastedown). scarce first american edition. Pope's translation was first published in London in 1713. This edition was no doubt widely read considering the renewed interest in ancient Greece in the early American republic. Evans 28852.
The Iliad of Homer. Translated from the Greek by Alexander Pope Esq .
Philadelphia: J. Crukshank et al, 1795. Duodecimo (7 x 4 inches, 175x100 mm). Contemporary tree calf. Condition: Foxing; light rubbing to the binding. Provenance : T. Stone (early signature on the front free endpaper); Durham Book Company New Library (early inscription on the front pastedown). scarce first american edition. Pope's translation was first published in London in 1713. This edition was no doubt widely read considering the renewed interest in ancient Greece in the early American republic. Evans 28852.
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