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Homer.Odyssey,1/530,B.Rogers,1932

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[translated by T.E.Lawrence], one of 530 copies, designed by Bruce Rogers and printed in Monotype Centaur on pale grey paper, title-vignette and head-pieces after Greek vase paintings printed as roundels in black on gold, tissue guards, a fine copy in original black morocco, spine titled in gilt with seven raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, transparent wrapper, original board slip-case (a little rubbed), [Blumenthal p.128-134], 4to, printed and published by Sir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers, 1932.

***"In the Odyssey, with complete sincerity, without tricks or accessory decoration, with a classic austerity akin to the timeless proportions of the Parthenon, with only type and paper and ink, with consummate skill, Rogers created a masterpiece." Blumenthal p.134.

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