Author: [BLACKWELL (Thomas)]:
Title: An Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer. The Second Edition.
Description: 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.

Keywords: Homer classics prose Scottish Enlightenment


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