Homer his Iliads / translated, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations by John Ogilby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Homer.

Contributor:

Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, translator.

Roycroft, Thomas, -1677, printer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Greek Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Ilias. English. 1660. (Ogilby)

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Greek--Early works to 1800.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Greek poetry--Translations into English--Early works to 1800.

Greek poetry.

Trojan War--Poetry--Early works to 1800.

Trojan War.

Genre:

Poetry.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Penn Provenance:

Herbert, G. (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

44 unnumbered pages, 414 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 415-518 pages, 53 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 43 cm (folio)

Fingerprint:

y.of s;he d.h, whpi (3) 1660 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Thomas Roycroft, and are to be had at the authors house in Kings-head Court within Shoe-Lane, MDCLX [1660]

Notes:

Title page printed in red and black.

Printed marginalia.

Engraved headpieces; initials.

Text of Iliad in English surrounded by commentary.

The initial leaf is a dedication "To the right worshipfull the President and fellows of ... College" [individual college names inserted]. The main dedication is to Charles II.

Added engraved title page.

With engraved plates (including frontispiece portrait of Ogilby).

Signatures: pi1 2pi² a-d² d*-f*² e-f² B-I² K-3L⁴ chi1 3M-4A⁴.

Leaf I2 blank.

With a life of Homer beginning on leaf a1 recto.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy with ms. signature "G.(?) Herbert" on title page.

Culture Class Collection copy imperfect with [49] leaves of plates not [53] as recorded by ESTC.

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) H2548

ESTC R26673

OCLC:

6743971