The Odyssey of Homer. . Translated from the Greek. ...
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1745
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3094763
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v. . ill.. (plates), port.. . 12mo.. Wanting portrait.. Provenance: Bookplate in each vol: Erthig (anonymous armorial). Manuscript inscription crossed-out on front pastedown of each vol: "Dyffrynaled"[?].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double gilt fillet border on boards; blind roll on board edges; gilt fillets on spines, with red title and green vol. no. labels.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC) William Broome (1689-1745) Elijah Fenton (1683-1730) Thomas Parnell (1679-1718)