Pope (Alexander, translator). The Odyssey of Homer, 5 volumes, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26, 24 engraved plates, lacking portrait frontispiece to first volume (as often), half-title to each volume, volumes 1-4 with publisher's advertisements at rear, volume 5 with Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice at rear (separate pagination), engraved head and tail-pieces, occasional minor spotting or toning, some intermittent small dampstains to blank margins, volume 3 with worm trail or holes to lower blank margins, affecting first leaves to D7 (clipping a few letters on p.8), volume 3 p.16 with small repairs to tear at foot, volumes 1-3 with armorial bookplate of John Manley contemporary panelled calf, worn, volumes 1-3 with gilt decorated spines, volume 2 front cover detached, all joints cracked, 12mo, together with: Plinius (Gaius Secundus), Epistolae et Panegyricus, London: Tonson & Watts, 1722, title printed in red & black, with engraved printer's device, engraved frontispiece, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, front free pastedown with near contemporary ink manuscript ownership inscription, contemporary panelled calf, remnants of gilt-lettered spine label, some wear to extremities, 12mo, plus: [Aler, Paul], Gradus ad Parnassum; sive, novus synonymorum, epithetorum, phrasium poeticarum, ac versuum thesaurus ..., editio novissima, London: Took & Cockerill, 1694, lacking all before title, title (with early ink manuscript annotations and crossed-out ownership names) creased and frayed with losses at fore-edge, title verso and head of p.5 with early ink manuscript ownership names, a couple of leaves chipped and frayed at fore-edge, final text leaf with early ink manuscript annotations, lacking rear endpapers, contemporary blind-tooled calf, worn, thick 12mo, and 6 others 17th & 18th century, including: The Club: in a Dialogue between Father and Son, by James Puckle, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1711; Mathematicks made Easie, by Joseph Moxon 2nd edition corrected and much enlarged by Henry Coley, London: J. Moxon, 1694, lacking portrait frontispiece and 4th (folding) plate (Qty: 13) First item: ESTC T67134. First duodecimo edition, issued by Bernard Lintot to follow on from the success of his printing of the 'Iliad' in a small format.
Pope (Alexander, translator). The Odyssey of Homer, 5 volumes, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26, 24 engraved plates, lacking portrait frontispiece to first volume (as often), half-title to each volume, volumes 1-4 with publisher's advertisements at rear, volume 5 with Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice at rear (separate pagination), engraved head and tail-pieces, occasional minor spotting or toning, some intermittent small dampstains to blank margins, volume 3 with worm trail or holes to lower blank margins, affecting first leaves to D7 (clipping a few letters on p.8), volume 3 p.16 with small repairs to tear at foot, volumes 1-3 with armorial bookplate of John Manley contemporary panelled calf, worn, volumes 1-3 with gilt decorated spines, volume 2 front cover detached, all joints cracked, 12mo, together with: Plinius (Gaius Secundus), Epistolae et Panegyricus, London: Tonson & Watts, 1722, title printed in red & black, with engraved printer's device, engraved frontispiece, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, front free pastedown with near contemporary ink manuscript ownership inscription, contemporary panelled calf, remnants of gilt-lettered spine label, some wear to extremities, 12mo, plus: [Aler, Paul], Gradus ad Parnassum; sive, novus synonymorum, epithetorum, phrasium poeticarum, ac versuum thesaurus ..., editio novissima, London: Took & Cockerill, 1694, lacking all before title, title (with early ink manuscript annotations and crossed-out ownership names) creased and frayed with losses at fore-edge, title verso and head of p.5 with early ink manuscript ownership names, a couple of leaves chipped and frayed at fore-edge, final text leaf with early ink manuscript annotations, lacking rear endpapers, contemporary blind-tooled calf, worn, thick 12mo, and 6 others 17th & 18th century, including: The Club: in a Dialogue between Father and Son, by James Puckle, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1711; Mathematicks made Easie, by Joseph Moxon 2nd edition corrected and much enlarged by Henry Coley, London: J. Moxon, 1694, lacking portrait frontispiece and 4th (folding) plate (Qty: 13) First item: ESTC T67134. First duodecimo edition, issued by Bernard Lintot to follow on from the success of his printing of the 'Iliad' in a small format.
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