NONESUCH PRESS - HOMER (fl. 9TH- or 8TH-CENTURY B.C.E.). The Iliad, London, 1931, small folio, ornaments, original niger morocco. ONE OF 1,450 COPIES. With Francis Meynell's rare printed note relating to this edition loosely-inserted.

NONESUCH PRESS - HOMER (fl. 9TH- or 8TH-CENTURY B.C.E.).  The Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope. [London:] The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Small folio (267 x 155mm). Printed in red and black, ornaments by Rudolf Koch. Original niger morocco gilt, spine with 5 raised bands, top edges gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers (inner hinges inconspicuously reinforced, lacks slipcase). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (old armorial bookplate). NUMBER 713 OF 1,450 COPIES. Loosely-inserted is Francis Meynell's rare note relating to this edition, printed on a single sheet, headed: "On First Looking into Pope's Homer". Sometimes The Iliad is sold with the uniform Nonesuch edition of The Odyssey, but the latter is not included here. Dreyfus 72; Nonesuch Century 72.