The Illiad and The Odyssey
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by Homer
"One of the most splendid editions of Homer ever delivered to the world."
Bibliographic Information
Author: Homer
Title: Των του Ομηρου Σεσωμενων Απαντων ΤομοιΤεσσαρες, Της του Όμήρου Ίλιάδος ό τόμος πρότρος Δεγτερος
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
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. Spine features 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.
