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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
| + | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] twice as ''Pope’s Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo.'' and ''[Pope’s] Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo.'' Given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his granddaughters, [[Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead|Ann]] and [[Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge|Ellen Randolph]]. The precise edition of the set owned by Wythe is unknown. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 18, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates as much, adding "Five-volume editions in duodecimo were published at London in 1725-26, 1745, 1752, and 1758." The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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</ref> lists a 1752 edition published in London, translated by Alexander Pope, based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:417 [no.4272].</ref> The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 1752 edition. | ||
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ||
Bound in 12mo worn leather on 5 raised bands spine gilt. Purchased from Abbey Antiquarian Books. | Bound in 12mo worn leather on 5 raised bands spine gilt. Purchased from Abbey Antiquarian Books. | ||
| + | View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3474032 William & Mary's online catalog.] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=p9JOAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Odyssey+of+Homer+1752&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I2DlUdaBJdX84AOr5YDgCA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Odyssey%20of%20Homer%201752&f=false Google Books] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=p9JOAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Odyssey+of+Homer+1752&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I2DlUdaBJdX84AOr5YDgCA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Odyssey%20of%20Homer%201752&f=false Google Books] | ||
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Revision as of 13:25, 18 November 2013
by Homer
Bibliographic Information
Author: Homer
Title: The Odyssey of Homer
Published: London: Printed for Henry Lintot, 1752.
Edition:
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library twice as Pope’s Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo. and [Pope’s] Odyssey. 5.v. 12mo. Given by Thomas Jefferson to his granddaughters, Ann and Ellen Randolph. The precise edition of the set owned by Wythe is unknown. George Wythe's Library[1] on LibraryThing indicates as much, adding "Five-volume editions in duodecimo were published at London in 1725-26, 1745, 1752, and 1758." The Brown Bibliography[2] lists a 1752 edition published in London, translated by Alexander Pope, based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.[3] The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 1752 edition.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in 12mo worn leather on 5 raised bands spine gilt. Purchased from Abbey Antiquarian Books.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
External Links
References
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 18, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
- ↑ 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
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:417 [no.4272].
