The Odyssey of Homer.
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1725
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3026267
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v., plate . port.. . 4to. Previous shelfmark: J.10.1-5. Subscriber's copy[?]: "Robert Middleton, Esq;" in list of subscribers [possibly Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]. Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 651.. Provenance: Bookplate in each vol: Richard Myddelton Biddulph, Chirk Castle [i.e. Richard Myddelton Biddulph (1837-1913)]; Chippendale armorial, pre-1899.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double gilt fillet and gilt roll pattern border on boards, with gilt cornerpiece stamps; blind roll on board edges; gold-tooled spines, with gilt title labels.
Makers and roles
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC) Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)