1804-06 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, The Iliad, The Odyssey

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding

Complete as eighteen volumes bound in nine.

Volumes I to III contain 'Poetical Works', published in 1804, Volumes IV to VI 'The Odyssey', published in 1805, and Volumes VII to IX 'The Iliad', published in 1806.

Volume I, containing Volumes I and II of 'Poetical Works', is illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I, and five plates to Volume II.

Volume II, containing Volumes III and IV of 'Poetical Works', is illustrated with three plates to Volume III, and two plates to Volume IV.

Volume III, containing Volumes V and VI of 'Poetical Works', is illustrated with three plates to Volume V, and four plates to Volume VI.

Volume IV, containing Volumes I and II of 'The Iliad', is illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates to Volume I, and four plates to Volume II.

Volume V, containing Volumes III and IV of 'The Iliad', is illustrated with five plates to Volume III, and four plates to Volume IV.

Volume VI, containing Volumes V and VI of 'The Iliad', is illustrated with five plates to Volume V, and four plates to Volume VI.

Volume VII, containing Volumes I and II of 'The Odyssey', is illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates to Volume I, and four plates to Volume II.

Volume VIII, containing Volumes III and IV of 'The Odyssey', is illustrated with four plates to Volume III, and five plates to Volume IV. 

Volume IX, containing Volumes V and VI of 'The Odyssey', is illustrated with four plates to Volume V, and four plates to Volume VI.

A collection of the works of the prolific English poet Alexander Pope, including his influential translations of Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey'.

Pope is generally considered to be the greatest English poet on his age, for his satirical works, and for his translations of the works of the likes of Homer. He also wrote for 'The Spectator'.

Including his best known works 'The Dunciad' and 'The Rape of the Lock'.

'The Rape of the Lock' is a mock-heroic narrative poem which satirises a small incident by comparing it to the epic world of the gods. The poem was heavily inspired by Arabella Fermor, and her suitor, and this poem immortalised Arabella's beauty.

'The Dunciad' is another mock-heroic narrative poem, celebrating a goddess Dulness. The poem follows the goddess as sent her agents to bring decay, tastelessness, and imbecility to Great Britain.

Also including a life of Pope. 

Collated, boung without half-titles.