The odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq. A new edition, with additional notes, critical and illustrative, by Gilbert Wakefield, B.A. Volume I.

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  • The odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq. A new edition, with additional notes, critical and illustrative, by Gilbert Wakefield, B.A. Volume I.
  • Odyssey. English
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Imprint
London: printed by Bye and Law: for T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G. G. and J. Robinson, W. Otridge and Son, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, F. and C. Rivington, Leigh and Sotheby, T. Payne, J. Walker, J. Clarke and Son, R. Faulder, Hookham and Carpenter, J. Scatcherd, E. and J. White, J. Edwards, Cadell and Davies, C. and G. Kearsley, and M. Pote, MDCCXCVI. [1796]
Publication year
1796-1796
ESTC No.
T90238
Grub Street ID
310093
Description
5v. ; 8⁰
Note
Translated by Alexander Pope, with the assistance of Elijah Fenton and William Broome.

Includes 'A general view of the epick poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu' and 'Homer's Battle of the frogs and mice. By Mr. Archdeacon Parnell. Corrected by Mr. Pope' which has separate half-title and pagination.

Probably sometimes issued with 'The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, .. ' printed by H. Baldwin for the same booksellers, 1796.