Homer, Ilias, Parma, Bodoni, 1808, 3 volumes, contemporary boards, uncut

Homer

Ilias. Parma: Bodoni, 1808

3 volumes, folio (580 x 380mm.), dedication to Napoleon in French, Italian and Latin, two manuscript leaves containing a text in French about the text of Homer, signed "Franz. Ch. Seignac Beck, Pretre" and dated 16 May 1906, added at end of preliminaries in volume 1, some alternative readings added in neat manuscript in margins throughout, contemporary patterned pink paper over boards, tan morocco lettering-pieces on spines, UNCUT, binding somewhat faded, extremities rubbed

A TALL UNCUT COPY of this magnificently printed edition of the Iliad in Greek, which had a print run of 170 copies.

LITERATURE:

Brooks 1050 ("Superba edizione e uno dei più bei libri che siano stati stampati in Italia e altrove")