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| [BLACKWELL (THOMAS)]: An Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer. The Second Edition. London: Printed in the Year..., 1736. 8vo, pp. [iv], 335 [336 blank, 337 - 416 Index, 417 list of plates (i. e., engraved vignettes), 418 errata], engraved frontispiece by Vander Gucht), engraved vignette (by Gravelot after G. Scotin) on title-page, 12 engraved vignettes (mostly by Gravelot after Scotin, Gravelot (functioning here both as engraver and sketcher) and others), folding engraved map, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with old spine laid down, new morocco label; title-page slightly defective and mounted, dedication leaf slightly frayed, but a good copy with the 19th century ownership inscription of Jne. Bourn, Emman[uel] Coll[ege] Cambridge on the recto of the front free end-paper. Blackwell (1701 - 1757) published this work in 1735, and his attempt to account for Homer's popularity and what he perceived as Homer's unique gifts prompted this second edition in 1736. The book is one of the more attractive productions of this period, but no printer is credited, though the names of artists and engravers of the attractive vignettes can just be discerned - among them Gravelot engraved by Van der Gucht, though Van der Gucht . The publisher's adverts at the end are for J. Oswald. GBP 385.00 [Appr.: EURO 422.5 US$ 636.79 | JP¥ 54780] Book number: 6360 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books. | ||
| [BLACKWELL (THOMAS)]: An Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer. The Second Edition. London: Printed in the Year..., 1736. 8vo, pp. [iv], 335 [336 blank, 337 - 416 Index, 417 list of plates (i. e., engraved vignettes), 418 errata], engraved frontispiece by Vander Gucht), engraved vignette (by Gravelot after G. Scotin) on title-page, 12 engraved vignettes (mostly by Gravelot after Scotin, Gravelot (functioning here both as engraver and sketcher) and others), folding engraved map, contemporary calf, red morocco label; spine slightly creased, binding a little dried, but a good copy with an unidentified contemporary armorial bookplate with "patria cara carior libertas" as the motto, which was, as I recall, hijacked by the Ku Klux Klan in the early 20th century. Blackwell (1701 - 1757) published this work in 1735, and his attempt to account for Homer's popularity and what he perceived as Homer's unique gifts prompted this second edition in 1736. The book is one of the more attractive productions of this period, but no printer is credited, though the names of artists and engravers of the attractive vignettes can just be discerned - among them Gravelot engraved by Van der Gucht, though Van der Gucht . The publisher's adverts at the end are for J. Oswald. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 301.75 US$ 454.85 | JP¥ 39129] Book number: 6649 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books. | ||
| HOMER. MELMOTH (WILLIAM HENRY), EDITOR: The Works of Homer, The Celebrated Grecian Poet: Including New and Complete Editions of The Iliad, and the Odyssey; Those very celebrated and universally-admired Epic or Heroic Poems.... The Battle of the Frogs and Mice...Carefully Translated from the London: Printed for Alex Hogg...And Sold by all other Booksellers and News-Carriers, in Town and Country, n. d. [1780]. FIRST EDITION. Large 4to, 268 x 220 mms., pp. 6590 [660 directions to the binder, 661 adverts, 662 - 664 list of subscribers], engraved portrait and 40 other full-page engraved maps and plates, complete as called for, with one plate misbound at page 599 rather than 559, contemporary tree calf; joints cracked and tender and covers holding for dear life, spine worn and chipped, corners worn, ex-library, with library bookplate on front paste-down end-paper and small oval library stamp on various leaves and plates. Melmoth's edition may not be "the most perfect and beautiful Edition of Homer ever published," but it certainly has one of the longest title-pages for any edition of Homer. The work was originally issued in 40 parts, and the subscribers include John Bettesworth, John Fellows, William Hurd, Robert Murray, Elizabeth Price, and several others of similar stature, all of whom have their own books mentioned. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 301.75 US$ 454.85 | JP¥ 39129] Book number: 4919 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books. |
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