Shelfmark
Gm.6.04 - Gm.6.06
Author
Uniform title
[Odyssey. English.]
Title
The Odyssey of Homer.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for Bernard Lintot, MDCCXXV.-MDCCXXVI. [1725-26]
Physical description
5 v., plate : port. ; 37 cm. (fol.)
Note
Translated by Alexander Pope, with the assistance of Elijah Fenton and William Broome.
Note
Title pages printed in red and black; those to vols. 2-5 add "Translated from the Greek".
Note
Includes 'A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu' and 'Homer's Battle of the frogs and mice' translated by T. Parnell, which has separate titlepage and pagination. -- Half-titles: 'Pope's Odyssey'.
Note
Vols. 4,5 are dated 1726.
Note
Large paper issue.
Note
Volume 1 with engraved frontispiece portrait (leaf [A]1) of Homer, signed: 'G. Vertue sculp.' and engraved title vignette by P. Fourdrinier after William Kent.
Citation/references note
Griffith, 152; 156; 160; 167; 171
Citation/references note
ESTC, T67135
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1997 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 9409, no. 03).
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1997 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 9410, no. 01).
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Edwards Freeman.
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 Iliad.
Copy-specific note
Former owner's shelfmark in form: A9.
Subject
Greek poetry Early works to 1800.
Subject
Epic poetry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Lintot, Bernard publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Vertue, George, 1684 - 1756 engraver.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B41397