Shelfmark
Gm.6.01 - Gm.6.03
Author
Uniform title
[Iliad. English.]
Title
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates, , 1715. [-1720.].
Physical description
6 v. : map, port. ; 37 cm. (fol.)
Note
The notes were written in part by William Broome.
Note
Includes 'An essay on the life, writings and learning of Homer' by T. Parnell.
Note
Volume 1 with engraved frontispiece portrait (leaf [A]1) of Homer, signed: 'G. Vertue sculp.'
Note
Dates of imprint vary: vol.2 is dated 1716; vol.3, 1717; vol.4, 1718; vols.5 and 6, 1720.
Note
Pagination: v.1: [46], 55, [3], 36, 37, [3], 50, 21-22, 41, [3], 27, [1], 30, [2], 30, [2], 20, [8] p.; v.2: [4], 306, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates (folded); v.3: [4], 263, [1] p.; v.4: [4], 320 p.; v.5: [4], 299, [1] p.; v.6: [4], 221, [31] p.
Note
With a number of errata.
Note
Large paper issue.
Citation/references note
Griffith, 41, 49, 77, 95, 114, 118
Citation/references note
ESTC, T59731
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Edwards Freeman.
Provenance
Pencil inscription inside front board of vol. 1, unread, dated Oxford 1919.
Binding
18th century mottled calf; gold-tooled spine compartments; six raised bands; tan leather spine labels.
Copy-specific note
Bound in three volumes, uniform with the companion edition of the Odyssey.
Copy-specific note
Former owner's shelfmark in form: A9.
Subject
Greek poetry Early works to 1800.
Subject
Epic poetry Early works to 2800.
Added entry--name
Lintot, Bernard publisher.
Added entry--name
Bowyer, William, 1663 - 1737 printer.
Added entry--name
Vertue, George, 1684 - 1756 engraver.
Added entry--name
Parnell, Thomas, 1679 - 1718 editor.
Added entry--name
Broome, William, 1689 - 1745 editor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B41396