The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer - 1931: Translated by Alexander Pope

Original orange niger moroccan bindings with raised bands within blind rules to spines. Twin gilt fillets to head and foot with second compartments gilt-lettered direct, 2-line gilt frame to sides, single fillet gilt to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in the original marbled slipcases in matching marbled paper, in good+ condition. Title pages printed in red and black with engraved hoplite vignettes, vignette chapter headings printed in red and black throughout. Publisher's advice slip "On first looking into Pope's Homer" laid in. Mild spotting and soiling to spines and sides, scratches on spine of the Iliad (see photos), spines darkened (possibly treated), remains an excellent, fresh set. First Nonesuch editions. Both volumes are limited and numbered: 1195 of 1450 and 477 of 1300, respectively.