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Brotherton Collection21
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Herbert Read Collection1

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epic poetry, greek4
incunabula4
rare books4
achilles (mythological character)2
trojan war2
greek language1
odysseus, king of ithaca (mythological character) in literature1
translating and interpreting1

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Homer52
Broome, William (1689-1745)17
Broome, William13
Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)13
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)12
Molesworth, Sir William (1810-1855)11
Molesworth, William11
Thucydides11
Fenton, Elijah8
Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)8

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An essay on Mr. Pope's Odyssey : in five dialogues

Spence, Joseph (1699-1768)

1747

Includes indexes and bibliographical references.

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The Iliad of Homer

Homer; Platt, Arthur (1860-1925)

1894

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Homère : l'Iliade

Béquignon, Yves

1945

Half-title: L'Iliade illustrée. On cover: Paysages et images de l'Iliade.

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The Iliad of Homer (v.[1])

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745)

1720

Each volume has own title-page and privilege-leaf. The notes are written by William Broome -- ESTC. Includes "An essay on the life, writings and learnings of Homer" by T. Parnell -- ESTC. Headpiece...

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The Iliad of Homer (v.1-2)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745)

1720

Each volume has own title-page and privilege-leaf. The notes are written by William Broome -- ESTC. Includes "An essay on the life, writings and learnings of Homer" by T. Parnell -- ESTC. Headpiece...

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The Iliad of Homer (v.3-4)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745)

1720

Each volume has own title-page and privilege-leaf. The notes are written by William Broome -- ESTC. Includes "An essay on the life, writings and learnings of Homer" by T. Parnell -- ESTC. Headpiece...

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The Iliad of Homer (v.5-6)

Homer; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Broome, William (1689-1745)

1720

Each volume has own title-page and privilege-leaf. The notes are written by William Broome -- ESTC. Includes "An essay on the life, writings and learnings of Homer" by T. Parnell -- ESTC. Headpiece...

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Homerou Ilias

Homer

1714

Title transliterated from the Greek. p.57-63, 65-72, 125-126 repeated, 133-136, 257-272 omitted in pagn. - Initial imprimatur leaf.

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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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