[Rarebooks] FS: Homer's ODYSSEY and ILIAD Beautifully Printed

[Charles Agvent]

HOMER. THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER and THE ILIAD OF HOMER. Haarlem: Limited 
Editions Club, 1930 and 1931. Tall quarto (8" x 12") bound in full blue 
linen and full red linen, gold-stamped. The translation of Alexander 
Pope with an introduction by Carl Van Doren. Printed by Joh. Enschede in 
Holland with type hand-set in Romanee, its first use, and designed by 
Jan van Krimpen. Each is #1002 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the designer on 
the colophon page. Touch of sunning to the spines. About Fine in Near 
Fine slipcases with light soiling to the backstrips. Difficult to find 
in this condition, especially with both volumes with the same number.

These titles were not illustrated due to George Macy's opinion that 
these works were "beyond the power of any modern illustrator, and that 
this work most definitely demands the simple dignity of a 
non-illustrated edition." (#021406)        $1,500

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