Homer Iliad and Odyssey First Edition
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Rare first edition, first issue of the first complete English translation of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey
CHAPMAN, George. [Homer].
The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts In his Iliads, and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke by Geo. Chapman.
London: [Richard Field and William Jaggard] for Nathaniel Butter, [c.1616].
First edition, first issue of the first complete English translation of Homer’s works. Folio, bound in full contemporary English calf with elaborate gilt floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised richly gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt scrolling to the front and rear panels, rebacked, boards restored preserving most of upper and lower covers, marbled endpapers, engraved general title page by William Hole with engraved portrait of Chapman on verso, engraved memorial to Henry, Prince of Wales, “HOMERS” in running titles, with Odyssey’s blanks 2R8 and 2I8 (Odyssey bound before Iliad, without Iliad’s quire π and final blank 2G8, extended lower margins in Odyssey's A6 and Iliad’s errata leaf (“Faults escaped”) at A6. In very good condition. An exceptional example of this rarity.
Price: $30,000.00 Item Number: 151341

