Homère - L'Odyssée - 1708

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Homer’s *The Odyssey*, a French illustrated edition published in Paris by Claude Barbin in 1708, is a 340-page volume bound in leather and includes a frontispiece and 24 plates.

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Homer. The Odyssey. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1708, (4) leaves, 340 pp.

A volume in-12 (165x100 mm), full calf, spine with raised bands ornamented, title piece in red morocco (binding of the period). Wear and rubbing on the boards and spine, losses on the upper and lower parts of the spine, light damp stain in the lower corner of the last five pages. Interior fresh. Very strong smell of old book

Third edition of Homer’s Odyssey adorned with a frontispiece and 24 engravings hors-texte (complete in both parts). It is followed by the Combat des rats et des grenouilles (The Battle of the Rats and the Frogs).

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Delivery in person possible in Paris
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Homer. The Odyssey. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1708, (4) leaves, 340 pp.

A volume in-12 (165x100 mm), full calf, spine with raised bands ornamented, title piece in red morocco (binding of the period). Wear and rubbing on the boards and spine, losses on the upper and lower parts of the spine, light damp stain in the lower corner of the last five pages. Interior fresh. Very strong smell of old book

Third edition of Homer’s Odyssey adorned with a frontispiece and 24 engravings hors-texte (complete in both parts). It is followed by the Combat des rats et des grenouilles (The Battle of the Rats and the Frogs).

Seller's Story

Delivery in person possible in Paris
Translated by Google Translate

Details

Number of books
1
Subject
Literature
Book title
L'Odyssée
Author/ Illustrator
Homère
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1708
Height
16.5 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
10 cm
Language
French
Original language
No
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
340
Sold by
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Objects sold
100%
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