These twin volumes published by The Limited Editions Club were printed at the historic Jhn. Ensched� press in Holland. This press has been a haven for type designers for over 500 years and contains a vast storehouse of historic type. Jan Van Krimpen, a prominent early twentieth century typographer designed these editions of Homer based on a little-used italics font at the Ensched� press cut by Cristoffel Van Dijck in the seventeenth century. Lacking a roman companion to Van Dijck's italic font, Van Krimpen designed and cut a typeface named Roman�e to accompany Van Dijck's italics used for the first time in these volumes.

Both editions are unillustrated due to George Macy's opinion that these works were "beyond the power of any modern illustrator, and that this work most definitely demands the simple dignity of a non-illustrated edition."

The translation, by Alexander Pope was selected for its metrical basis.