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[HOMER.] DERBY, Edward Earl of.

[HOMER.] DERBY, Edward Earl of.

The Iliad of Homer rendered into English blank verse to which are appended English translations of poems ancient and modern. Thirteenth edition. In two volumes.

DERBY'S ILIAD OF HOMER
London: John Murray, 1894.
2 vols., small 8vo (7" tall). Full calf, with twin green labels. Gilt raised bands, with gilt tooling to panels. Double gilt ruled border to both boards. Gilt and blind dentelles, marbled edges. Engraved frontispiece plate after Mayall. Volume one slightly rubbed at head and tail of spine.
A handsome Victorian set of The Iliad of Homer, translated by the Earl of Derby.
£140.00

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