The Odyssey of Homer

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HOMER; POPE, Alexander (Translator). The Odyssey of Homer. London: W. Suttaby, 1805.


With “A General View of the Epic Poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey” extracted from Bossu; “Conclusion of the Notes on the Odyssey” by W. Broome; and “Postscript by Mr. Pope”. Engraved frontis and title-page by J. Neagle.


452pp. Frontis. 12mo (13x7.5cm), contemporary diced calf, rubbed/scuffed/worn, decorative gt border, leather title-piece. Some light cracking to spine. 2.5 cm split to foot of front joint. Marbled endpapers. Frontis and title-page slightly foxed; old faint marginal stain to frontis. Contents clean. A good but still attractive copy of Pope’s Odyssey published the same year as the Battle of Trafalgar. 

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