Author: no author given [Thomas Bridges]
Title: A BURLESQUE TRANSLATION OF HOMER in two volumes
Description: London, G.G. and Robonson Fourth edition improved. 1797 etched plates [25] + 2 titlepages with etched vignettes . 2 Volumes 8vo half tan leather on 4 raised bands gilt & blindstamped spine [hinges cracking but boards securely attached/corners worn/edges a bit bumped & boards somewhat marked] half title + frontisplate + titlepage +[2pp=Preface] + 360pp VOL.II halftitle + titlepage +432pp Some offsetting from plates to facing page and some foxing to some of the plates.The text pages are 90% clean and unfoxed. There is a previous woner's name to both front free endpapers. This is a complete burlesque translation of the first 12 books of Homer's Iliad illustrated by etched plates.

Keywords: humorous translation Homer's Illiad I-XII


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