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HOMER - "The Iliad"
 Translated into French. 
 Second ...

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HOMER - "The Iliad"
 Translated into French. 
 Second Followed by critical notes, pieces borrowed from Homer by the most famous ancient and modern poets, and tables written on a new plan.
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 Translation by E. AIGNAN*. 2 volumes in-8, bound in glossy blond calfskin.
 Gilt spine on covers, smooth spine with gilt fleurons; title and tomaison pieces in red morocco; gilt edges.
 Portrait of HOMER in frontispiece.
 Paris, L'Imprimerie d'Adrien ÉGRON, 1812
 Split hinges without danger to the solidity of the binding; blunt corners.
 Very slight pale freckles.
 Beautiful overall condition *Etienne AIGNAN (1773 - 1824) is a French playwright. He entered the Académie Française in 1814 to succeed Bernardin de SAINT- PIERRE.