HOMER The Whole Works of Homer Prince of Poetts Translate

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HOMER. The Whole Works of Homer, Prince of Poetts . . . Translated according to the Greeke, By Geo: Chapman. [24] (of [26]), 341, [9] (of [11]); [10], 376, [2] (of [4]) pages, including engraved general title with portrait of Chapman on verso, and etched title to the Odyssey; lacks the engraved dedication and the 4 blank leaves. 2 volumes in one. Folio, old calf, rebacked; contents toned with occasional marginal dampstaining, scattered marginalia, H3.4 in first volume shaved along fore edge, blank corner off V3 in second volume, general title and last page heavily soiled. Constitutional Club Library bookplate. London: Nathaniel Butter, [1616?]

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first collected edition of Chapman's translations, a reissue of the editions of the Iliad published circa 1611 and the Odyssey circa 1615, with the original titles cancelled and the addition of the dedication leaf missing here. The Iliad also lacks the unsigned bifolium of sonnets at the end, as usual. STC 13624.