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Lot 132

[LAWRENCE (T.E.)]
The Odyssey of Homer, LIMITED TO 530 COPIES, Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers, 1932

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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LAWRENCE (T.E.)

The Odyssey of Homer, LIMITED TO 530 COPIES, translated by T.E. Lawrence, 26 roundels depicting Homeric figures printed in black and gold, very slight offsetting, contemporary black morocco, t.e.g., slightly rubbed at head and foot of spine [O'Brien A141], 4to (290 x 195mm.), Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers, 1932

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"I believe the Bruce Rogers Odyssey is indisputably amongst the most beautiful books ever produced. It is difficult to describe a work of genius. In the Odyssey 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, Bruce Rogers: A Life in Letters, 1987).

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