Ca 1890 The Iliad of Homer by Alexander Pope, Antique Book, Belford, Clarke & Co

A beautifully embossed Household Edition of Homer’s Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope with notes by Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley and illustrated with Flaxman’s classical designs. This 19th-century edition captures the power and grandeur of Achilles’ rage and the Trojan War in elegant poetic form. An extraordinary piece of literary and artistic history, ideal for collectors of antique classics or display in a vintage library.

Overall fair condition for its age:

• Cover: loose (front) with marks and wear/fraying at edges and corners (bumped)
• Spine: marks and wear/fraying at ends
• Pages: first several pages are detached (including the title page), remaining pages in good condition with darkening, some age marks and small tears (top corner missing from a few pages, does not impact text)
• Edges: age marks and darkening

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