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Broome, William15
Broome, William (1689-1745)13
Homer13
Pope, Alexander9
Fenton, Elijah8
Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)8
Le Bossu, Rene8
Le Bossu, Rene (1631-1680)8
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)8
Dacier, Anne5

Sender: Pope, Alexander

Recipient: Broome, William

Letters: 1

Date(s): 5 Nov [postmark 1715]

Location: BC MS Lt.q 14 Safe

Note: Autograph, signature defective. To Bromme "at Sturston, near Diss/ By Diss Bay in/ Norfolke". Written Saturday. Is sending first volume of Pope's version of Homer, with the Greek commentary of Eustathius for recipient to translate. Has read Duport's "Gnomologia Homerica" (postscript, which repeats mailing information about Eustathius). Foot of pp. mutilated in opening, also a few words from beginning of p.1. Sotheby's sale 23 June 1958, Lot 140; part of property of E.C. Wingfield-Stratford, Esq. Quarto, 4 pp. including address.


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The Iliad of Homer : with notes. To which are prefix'd, a large preface and the Life of Homer by Madam Dacier. Done from the French by Mr Ozell; and by him compar'd with the Greek. To which will be made some farther notes, that shall be added at the end of the whole; by Mr Johnson, late of Eton, now of Brentford. Illustrated with 26 cuts, copy'd by the best gravers, from the Paris plates design'd by Coypel (v.1)

Homer; Ozell, John (1743); Dacier, Anne (1654-1720); Oldisworth, William (1680-1734); Broome, William (1689-1745)

1712

Vol. 5 concludes with a 94 page "poetical index". Booklist of B. Lintott: last leaf of vols 1-3, 5; verso of last leaf of vol. 4. Title in red and black; head- and tail-pieces; initials.

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The Odyssey of Homer (v.1)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxiii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 264-289. "Homer's Batt...

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The Odyssey of Homer (v.2-3)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxiii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 264-289. "Homer's Batt...

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The Odyssey of Homer (v.4-5)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxiii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 264-289. "Homer's Batt...

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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.1)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.2)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.3)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.4)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek (v.5)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745); Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); Le Bossu, René (1631-1680); Homer

1725-1726

Half title: Pope's Odyssey. "A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu": v. 1, p. [i]-xxxii. "Postscript. By Mr. Pope": v. 5, p. 231-251. "Homer's Battl...

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The Iliad of Homer : with notes. To which are prefix'd, a large preface and the Life of Homer by Madam Dacier. Done from the French by Mr Ozell; and by him compar'd with the Greek. To which will be made some farther notes, that shall be added at the end of the whole; by Mr Johnson, late of Eton, now of Brentford. Illustrated with 26 cuts, copy'd by the best gravers, from the Paris plates design'd by Coypel (v.2)

Homer; Ozell, John (1743); Dacier, Anne (1654-1720); Oldisworth, William (1680-1734); Broome, William (1689-1745)

1712

Vol. 5 concludes with a 94 page "poetical index". Booklist of B. Lintott: last leaf of vols 1-3, 5; verso of last leaf of vol. 4. Title in red and black; head- and tail-pieces; initials.

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The Iliad of Homer : with notes. To which are prefix'd, a large preface and the Life of Homer by Madam Dacier. Done from the French by Mr Ozell; and by him compar'd with the Greek. To which will be made some farther notes, that shall be added at the end of the whole; by Mr Johnson, late of Eton, now of Brentford. Illustrated with 26 cuts, copy'd by the best gravers, from the Paris plates design'd by Coypel (v.3)

Homer; Ozell, John (1743); Dacier, Anne (1654-1720); Oldisworth, William (1680-1734); Broome, William (1689-1745)

1712

Vol. 5 concludes with a 94 page "poetical index". Booklist of B. Lintott: last leaf of vols 1-3, 5; verso of last leaf of vol. 4. Title in red and black; head- and tail-pieces; initials.

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