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London: Oxford University Press, 1938. First edition. Covers waorn along the spine and partially torn; Contents very good.. Porfolio of six broadsides each with an illustration and petr… Altro …

London: Oxford University Press, 1938. First edition. Covers waorn along the spine and partially torn; Contents very good.. Porfolio of six broadsides each with an illustration and petry; Title with a large coloured illustration by Chagall plus 6 leaves of poetry with coloured illustrations. Original decorative folder, this held in its original cardboard case. Fine. The six sheets contain poetry by Geoffrey Scott, George Barker and Frederick Johnston as well as verses from Greek and Chinese, plus illustration by Frans Masereel, Aristide Maillol, G. de Chirico, Raoul Dufy, G.G. Boehmer and Karl Walser; 15.5" x 8.5, Oxford University Press, 1938, 3, 1997. Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. XXVIII, 258 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Os Lusíadas, usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem by Luís Vaz de Camões (sometimes anglicized as Camoëns). Written in Homeric fashion, the poem focuses mainly on a fantastical interpretation of the Portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. Os Lusíadas is often regarded as Portugal's national epic, much in the way as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, or Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks. It was first printed in 1572, three years after the author returned from the Indies. (Wikipedia) Luís Vaz de Camões (sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns (e.g. by Byron in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers), c. 1524 or 1525 – 20 June [O.S. 10 June] 1580), is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads). His collection of poetry The Parnasum of Luís de Camões was lost in his lifetime. The influence of his masterpiece Os Lusíadas is so profound that Portuguese is sometimes called the "language of Camões". (Wikipedia), 1997, 0, London: J. Walker, 1807. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair-Good. 24mo. [6], 559, [1]pp. Original gilt-stamped red morocco, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Raised bands. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and title page. A scarce, early edition of Pope's translation of Homer. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in "The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations," after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope had been fascinated by Homer since childhood. In 1713, he announced his plans to publish a translation of the Iliad. The work would be available by subscription, with one volume appearing every year over the course of six years. Pope secured a revolutionary deal with the publisher Bernard Lintot, which brought him two hundred guineas (£210) a volume, equivalent to about £27,300 ($44,315) in 2014, a vast sum at the time. His translation of the Iliad appeared between 1715 and 1720. It was acclaimed by Samuel Johnson as "a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal" (although the classical scholar Richard Bentley wrote: "It is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope, but you must not call it Homer."). Binding rubbed on spine and along edges. Front board detached, but present. Previous owner's name on title. Minor and sporadic underlining in ink throughout the very first pages of the Preface (not affecting text). Sporadic light foxing throughout. Binding in overall poor, interior in good to good+ condition., J. Walker, 1807, 2, NY:: Oxford University Press (Franklin Library),. Fine. 1983. Hardcover. In contemporary verse by Robert Fitzgerald. Limited edition. Octavo, fully bound in brown leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along the spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Fine.; 665 pages ., Oxford University Press (Franklin Library), 1983, 5<