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Cowper's Translation of the Iliad 1791

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Heading:
Author: Homer
Title: The Iliad and the Odyssey
Place Published: London
Publisher:J. Johnson
Date Published: 1791
Description:

Vol. 1 (The Iliad) of 2. xvii, [11] 668 pp. Translated by William Cowper. With 2 errata pp. and list of subscribers. (4to), 27x20 cm (10½x8"), period calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. First Cowper Edition.

Bound in at the front is a dedication page in manuscript, with a full page dedication to a Mrs. Round from a William Kinnard, dated September, 1791. Beneath that is a shorter inscription by Thomas Round. With the decorative bookplate of William S. Stone. Cowper's translation of the Iliad, complete in one volume. The second volume, being Cowper's Odyssey is not present. Cowper spent six years preparing this translation, as he had found Pope's translation to be unfaithful to the original.

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Fair amount of wear and rubbing to binding, corner tips worn, joints starting with glue repair to top joint; foxing to leaves at front and rear, light scattered foxing throughout; good.

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Cowper's Translation of the Iliad 1791

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