Lot 209
Homer. His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpure, and Illustrated with Annoations, By John Ogilby, second Ogilby edition, James Flesher, 1669.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Homer. His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpure, and Illustrated with Annoations, By John Ogilby, second Ogilby edition, engraved portrait, folding engraved frontispiece (slightly shaved at head and foot and tipped-in), title printed in red and black, 48 engraved plates, licence f. dated 1666/7 bound in after title, K3 small rust-hole affecting few letters, 2H4 small paper-flaws with loss to few letters, 2K2&3 detached, plate at 3O3 with small marginal hole, some damp-staining to upper-margin, mainly near start, the odd spot or light soiling, some light browning, contemporary mottled calf panelled in gilt, rebacked, corners repaired, covers rubbed and quite worn in places, [Wing H2549], folio, James Flesher, 1669.
Description
Homer. His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpure, and Illustrated with Annoations, By John Ogilby, second Ogilby edition, engraved portrait, folding engraved frontispiece (slightly shaved at head and foot and tipped-in), title printed in red and black, 48 engraved plates, licence f. dated 1666/7 bound in after title, K3 small rust-hole affecting few letters, 2H4 small paper-flaws with loss to few letters, 2K2&3 detached, plate at 3O3 with small marginal hole, some damp-staining to upper-margin, mainly near start, the odd spot or light soiling, some light browning, contemporary mottled calf panelled in gilt, rebacked, corners repaired, covers rubbed and quite worn in places, [Wing H2549], folio, James Flesher, 1669.