The Odyssey of Homer

All titles

• The Odyssey of Homer
• Odyssey. English (Pope)
• Pope's Odyssey

People / Organizations

• Homer (Author)
• Bernard Lintot ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for Bernard Lintot, MDCCXXV[-MDCCXXVI]. [1725-1726]

Added name

Lintot, Bernard, bookseller.; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, translator.; Fenton, Elijah, 1683-1730, translator.; Broome, William, 1689-1745, translator.

Publication year

1725-1726

ESTC No.

N72305

Grub Street ID

52091

Description

5 v., plates : ill., port. ; 2°.

Note

Translated by Alexander Pope, with the assistance of Elijah Fenton and William Broome

Vols. 4,5 are dated 1726

Title pages printed in red and black; those to vols. 2-5 add "Translated from the Greek"

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 title page and pagination

This item is a variant of T67135. It has type ornaments instead of engraved head- and tail-pieces

Ordinary paper issue.

Uncontrolled note

Ordinary paper issue 29cm high. Gutter margin is 3.6cm