Iliad.. English
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1865
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3246375.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2.. 8vo. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: Pencil inscription on flyleaf in v.2: 'R W Blathwayt from G Mather'. Binding: Nineteenth-century tan calf over cushioned boards; gold tooled border on front and back; gold tooled board edges; gold tooling to spine; marbled endpapers and edges; green leather spine label with 'Homer's Iliad'; red leather spine label with 'Lord Derby' and volume number.
Makers and roles
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC) Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, GCMG, MP (1799-1869)