Pope alexander transl (6 Ergebnisse)

3rd Edition. 3rd edition, 1781. Volume 3 only, containing books 9-12. 225pp plus 3pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Thin damp stain at top edge of pages. Owner's name crossed out on front free endpaper (dated 1736). Full calf with blind decorated boards; worn with stains and a little insect nibbling. Five raised bands to spine with partial title label. Joints cracked and repaired. Used - Good. Good hardback in full calf Used - Good. Good hardback in full calf.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 volumes in slipcase. Illus. by Avery Lawrence, introduction by Steven Shankman. 397pp; 499pp (double column, one side in English and one in Greek), black boards with dustjackets, black/gold bookmark ribbons in each volume. Pencil name written in front of Vol. 2 else near-perfect copies in slipcase, slipcase has the remnants of plastic wrap still attached but ripped off about halfway. A beautiful as-new set with striking glossy black/orange and black/gray vase and statue illus. throughout. Additional shipping costs will be required.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good condition. First edition, first issue. Large Quarto. Original vellum with decorative gilt-tooled framing on covers, gilt lettering on brown calf labels of spines, plus gilt tooling and ruling; raised bands. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of bust of Homer. Title page printed in red and black with black double-framing. Historiated initials, head- and endpieces. [2] Frontispiece, [4] A-G, 317 [double page engraved maps]; [3], folding plate engraving "Siege of Troy," 321-657 [1]; [3] [L111 2] 662-948; [3] [B2} 958-1295; [3] [B2] 1304-1630 [Shield of Achilles engraving]; [3] [B2] 1630-1882 [34]pp. Half title present in volume one. Vols. II through VI publisher Lintott is spelled with one T. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope had been fascinated by Homer since childhood. In 1713, he announced his plans to publish a translation of the Iliad. The work would be available by subscription, with one volume appearing every year over the course of six years. Pope secured a revolutionary deal with the publisher Bernard Lintott, which brought him two hundred guineas (£210) a volume, equivalent to some £27,300 ($44,315) in 2014, a vast sum at the time. His translation of the Iliad appeared between 1715 and 1720. It was acclaimed by Samuel Johnson as "a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal" (although the classical scholar Richard Bentley wrote: "It is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope, but you must not call it Homer.") Vellum bindings rubbed with front board of volume one cracked but holding at outer hinge, back board of this volume with some staining.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 10.75 x 6", gilt-ruled tan crushed Morocco; teg, 927pp, covers rubbed, extremities lightly worn, some minor staining to covers, spine quite browned, textblock lightly toned at edges else a nicely preserved piece in a rubbed, extremity-chipped marbled boards slipcase. LIMITED TO 925 NUMBERED COPIES FOR THE UK, AND 525 NUMBERED COPIES FOR THE USA (this is #340). …

Brown hardback leather cover. Zustand: Good. Revised edition. G : in good condition. Boards rubbed and scuffed with wear to spine ends. Fep missing. Occasional foxing and marking. Slight staining to frontis. 270mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 660pp + plates. 40 b/w plates. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas.…

"Ransom II, 72 und 78; Salter 1.17 und 1.18; Tiessen II, 8 und 9 - Eins von 1450 (Nr. 1434) bzw. von 1300 (Nr. 693) Exemplaren. In seiner klassischen Gestaltung beeindruckender Pressendruck. Handpressendruck auf Bütten von Johannes Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem. Die Ausgabe vereint im Paralleldruck den griechischen Text der Oxforder Ausgabe, gesetzt aus der Greek Type von J. van Krimpen, und die englische Übersetzung von Alexander Pope (nach der ersten Ausgabe von 1715), gesetzt aus der Cochin. Jeweils mit Titelvignette, 47 Kopfstücken und einer Schlussvignette, alle in Holz geschnitten von Fritz Kredel und Rudolf Koch. - Unser Exemplar ohne die Schuber." gr.-8°. 3 w. Bll., Titel, (928) S., 1 Bl. (Impr.), 3 w. Bll.; 3 w. Bll., Tit., 759(1) S., 1 Bl. (Impr.), 3 w. Bll. Mit Buchschmuck in Holzschnitt von Fritz Kredel (Figuren) und Rudolf Koch (Ornamente). Braune Maroquin-Handeinbände auf 5 Bünden mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel u. Deckelrahmen, Kopfgoldschnitt, rauem Seitenschnitt (teils noch unaufgeschnitten), marmorierte Vorsatzpapiere.…