The Odyssey of Homer, . translated into English blank verse, with copious alterations and notes, prepared for the press by the translator William Cowper, Esq. and published with a preface by his kinsman, J. Johnson, LL.B. chaplain to the Bishop of Peterborough.
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1809
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3141605
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Shelved and uniform with Homer, Iliad (1809), in same series. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on v. 1 flyleaf in Norris's hand: Deerleap Library 1938 4 vols. 3/4 H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 9/3 38 Lot 216. [i.e. Deerleap, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire; its library, property of the late Admiral M. P. O'Callaghan, was sold by Hodgson's 9 March 1938].. Binding: Nineteenth-century full mottled calf over boards; gilt fillet; spines gilt; brown morocco spine labels with title 'Cowper's Homer. Odyssey'.
Makers and roles
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC) William Cowper (1731-1800) John Johnson (1769-1833)