The Nonesuch Press edition of Homer's Iliad by Alexander Pope. MCMXXXI (1931).
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"The Greek text of this edition is, by permission of the Delegates of the Oxford University Press, that of the Oxford Classical Texts. The English is printed from the first (1715) edition of Pope's Iliad. The ornaments have been designed, engraved and composed by and under the supervision of Rudolf Koch for this edition. It has been printed and made in Holland by Johannes Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, in the Greek type of J. van Krimpen and monotype Cochin. There are 925 copies for sale in England, and 525 copies for sale in the United States by Random House. This is number 1142."
Size: 160 x 273 x 60 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[title, 927pp., advertisement]
Spine lightly rubbed with some dark marks. Some dulling to gilt on spine. Both boards securely attached with minor wear to joints and hinges. Boards with some minor marks and scuffing. Page and edge wear. Toning to page edges with side and bottom edges unevenly cut. Pen marks on preliminary. Text blocks very clean with light toning to edge.
