The Odyssey of Homer, . translated into English blank verse by the late William Cowper, Esq. The second edition, with copious alterations and notes, prepared for the press by the translator, and now published with a preface by his kinsman, J. Johnson ...
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1802
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland
NT 3145112
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 8vo.. Imperfect? wanting half-titles?. Provenance: Inscribed on endpaper: "Margaret Stovin 1808"; also "J.S.Worsley" [i.e. James Stovin Worsley, later Pennyman (1830-1896)] and in a child's hand: "James Stovin Worsley".. Binding: Early nineteenth-century tree calf; black spine labels, gold-lettered: "Cowper's Homer".
Makers and roles
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC) William Cowper (1731-1800) John Johnson (1769-1833)