Difference between revisions of "Homerou Iliados"

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by Homer

Iliad Title Page

Odyssey Title Page

Των του Ομηρου Σεσωμενων Απαντων ΤομοιΤεσσαρες, Της του Όμήρου Ίλιάδος ό τόμος πρότρος Δεγτερος
The Iliad and The Odyssey

Homer "One of the most splendid editions of Homer ever delivered to the world."

Bibliographic Information

Author: Homer

Title: Tēs tou Homērou Iliados, Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias.

Published: Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant R. et A. Foulis, 1756-1758.

Editors: J. Moor and G. Muirhead.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Homeri Ilias. Gr. 2.v. fol. Foulis and [Homeri] Odysseus. Gr. 2.v. fol. Foulis given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. Both the Brown Bibliography^[1] and George Wythe's Library^[2] on LibraryThing list the 1756 edition of the Iliad and the 1758 of the Odyssey as the ones intended by Jefferson's entries.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in contemporary full diced brown calf with wide gilt tooled borders and five gilt stamped raised bands. Spines feature gilt lettered and elaborately gilt decorated and ornamented compartments. The edges are gilt-rolled. Includes the bookplates of William Danby (and his dated signature), Lytton Strachey, and Roger Senhouse to the front paste down endpapers of each volume.

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  William Danby bookplate from Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias front pastedown.

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  Lytton Strachey bookplate from Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias front pastedown.

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  Roger Senhouse bookplate from Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias front pastedown.

Inscription W Danby, Chris. Coll. 1772 from Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias front flyleaf.

References

1. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
2. ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 27, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe