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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Tēs tou Homērou Iliados, Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias''}}
 
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===by Homer===
 
===by Homer===
 
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[[File:Tēs tou Homērou Iliados.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Iliad Title Page]]
Των του Ομηρου Σεσωμενων Απαντων ΤομοιΤεσσαρες, Της του Όμήρου Ίλιάδος ό τόμος πρότρος Δεγτερος
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[[File:Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Odyssey Title Page]]
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''Των του Ομηρου Σεσωμενων Απαντων ΤομοιΤεσσαρες'', ''Της του Όμήρου Ίλιάδος ό τόμος πρότρος Δεγτερος''<br />
 
''The Iliad'' and ''The Odyssey''
 
''The Iliad'' and ''The Odyssey''
  
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'''Author:''' Homer
 
'''Author:''' Homer
  
'''Title:''' Των του Ομηρου Σεσωμενων Απαντων ΤομοιΤεσσαρες, Της του Όμήρου Ίλιάδος ό τόμος πρότρος Δεγτερος
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'''Title:''' Tēs tou Homērou Iliados, Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias.
  
 
'''Published:''' Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant R. et A. Foulis, 1756-1758.  
 
'''Published:''' Glasguae: In aedibus Academicis, Excudebant R. et A. Foulis, 1756-1758.  
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
==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.
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[[File:BookplatesIlliadOdyssey.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Bookplates from Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias front pastedown.
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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.
  
 
===References===
 
===References===

Revision as of 16:46, 24 June 2013

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


"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

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bookplates from Tēs tou Homērou Odysseias front pastedown.

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.

References