1853 Homer ODYSSEY Greek Mythology English Alexander Pope Buckley Commentary

1853 Homer ODYSSEY Greek Mythology English Alexander Pope Buckley Commentary

“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”

― Homer, The Iliad

A rare 18^th-century edition of Homer, the legendary Greek poet responsible for the mythological epic poems the ‘Iliad’ and the ‘Odyssey. These two poems focus on Greek mythological heroes, their military conquests, and involvement in the Trojan War. Each of these titles have been printed and reprinted countless times.

This edition of the ‘Odyssey’ was translated into English by Alexander Pope with added notes of Theodore Alois Buckley. According to Samuel Johnson, the Pope translation is

‘the greatest translation ever achieved in English or in any other language!’ (Wills)

Item number: #28023

Price: $499

HOMER

The Odyssey of Homer

London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • vi, 377, [1]
  • 56 illustrations (including frontispiece and engraved title page)
• References: Garry Wills, On Reading Pope’s Homer;
• Provenance: Handwritten
  • Griffiths, 1854
    • Prize from King William’s College, Isle of Man, First drawing prize
  • Dixon, D.D.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Prize Binding: Gold inlay on green Moroccan leather boards, with gilt page fore-edge
• Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13cm)

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