Homer. The Odyssey, [translated by T.E.Lawrence], one of 530 copies, designed by Bruce Rogers and printed on pale grey paper, title-vignette and head-pieces after Greek vase paintings printed as roundels in black on gold, some with tissue guards, a few very lightly offset, original black morocco, spine titled in gilt and with seven raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly marked, [Blumenthal p.128-134], 4to, printed and published by Sir Emery Walker Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers 1932. ⁂ "In the Odyssey, with complete sincerity, without tricks or accessory decoration, with a classic austerity akin to the timeless proportions of the Parthenon, with only type and paper and ink, with consummate skill, Rogers created a masterpiece." Blumenthal p.134
Homer. The Odyssey, [translated by T.E.Lawrence], one of 530 copies, designed by Bruce Rogers and printed on pale grey paper, title-vignette and head-pieces after Greek vase paintings printed as roundels in black on gold, some with tissue guards, a few very lightly offset, original black morocco, spine titled in gilt and with seven raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly marked, [Blumenthal p.128-134], 4to, printed and published by Sir Emery Walker Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers 1932. ⁂ "In the Odyssey, with complete sincerity, without tricks or accessory decoration, with a classic austerity akin to the timeless proportions of the Parthenon, with only type and paper and ink, with consummate skill, Rogers created a masterpiece." Blumenthal p.134
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