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The Works of Homer: the Celebrated Grecian Poet: Including New and Complete Editions of the Iliad and the Odyssey; ... The Battle of the Frogs and Mice ... Carefully Translated from the Original Greek ... Illustrated with Large and Valuable Notes ... the Whole Embellished with ... Copper-Plates ... the Whole Revised, Corrected, and Improved by William Henry Melmoth ..
by Homer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for Alex. Hogg; and sold by all other Booksellers and news-carriers, in town and country, 1780. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis (portrait of Homer), 39 (of 40) plates, 659, [5]p. Rebound in modern brown leather. 26 cm. Backstrip and front cover faded. Lacks the plate which should face page 12 ("Achilles enraged against Agamemnon, swearing by his sceptor"). Later tissue guards present -- probably added when this was rebound. All edges gilt -- also probably added when this was rebound. Map facing page 638 just wide-margined enough that it became a folding map rather than being further trimmed -- again probably when this was rebound. Modest staining in margin on a few leaves. Contents otherwise sound and clean. Includes the final two unnumbered leaves at end (after the unnumbered "Directions to the Book-Binder") which contain a page of publisher's advertisements and a three page List of Subscribers.
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- Bookseller
- McBlain Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93383
- Title
- The Works of Homer: the Celebrated Grecian Poet: Including New and Complete Editions of the Iliad and the Odyssey; ... The Battle of the Frogs and Mice ... Carefully Translated from the Original Greek ... Illustrated with Large and Valuable Notes ... the Whole Embellished with ... Copper-Plates ... the Whole Revised, Corrected, and Improved by William Henry Melmoth ..
- Author
- Homer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for Alex. Hogg; and sold by all other Booksellers and news-carriers, in town and country
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1780
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McBlain Books
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About the Seller
McBlain Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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- Rebound
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- Plate
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