THE ILIAD OF HOMER. TRANSLATED BY MR. POPE. [ FIVE of SIX VOLUMES] by Homer; Pope, Alexander [translator] - 1716-20

London: Printed By W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott Between the Temple-Gates. Very Good. 1716-20. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First printing of the Pope translation. Lacks volume 1. Volumes 2 - 6 uniformly bound in clean tan buckram with brown cloth spines & corners. Tan paper spine labels with black lettering. Original somewhat worn green wraps bound into each volume. Texts are tight, clean & intact. Deckle page edges. #2: [3, 306pp, 1]; engraved folding map with 2" tear at attachment. #3 [3, 263pp]. #4[3. 320pp]. #5 [3, 299pp]; engraved folding plate. #6 [3, 221pp, 30 (indexes + errata. Bindings are solid: internal hinges have a few paper tears & spine labels have a few small chips. Classical Poetry. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1409 pages .