Homer prince of poets: translated according to the Greeke, in twelue bookes of his Iliads, by Geo: Chapman.
1609
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Title
Homer prince of poets: translated according to the Greeke, in twelue bookes of his Iliads, by Geo: Chapman.
Uniform title
Iliad. Book 1-12. English. Chapman
Created/published
At London : Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for Samuel Macham, [1609?]
Description
[20], 135, 156-214, 115-118, [18] p. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Homer. author.
Hole, William, -1624, printmaker.
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Hole, William, -1624, printmaker.
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
Books 1-12.
In verse.
Printer's name supplied and publication date conjectured by STC.
The title page is engraved and signed: Will: Hole sculp:.
With two leaves of dedicatory verses to Queen Anne and to Lady Wroth and the Countess of Montgomery. Many copies lack one or both of these.
Leaves 2C4 and 2F2 are blank.
Signatures: pi² A⁶ chi1 ²chi1 B-2C⁴ 2D² 2E⁴ 2F².
Entered 14 November 1608.
In verse.
Printer's name supplied and publication date conjectured by STC.
The title page is engraved and signed: Will: Hole sculp:.
With two leaves of dedicatory verses to Queen Anne and to Lady Wroth and the Countess of Montgomery. Many copies lack one or both of these.
Leaves 2C4 and 2F2 are blank.
Signatures: pi² A⁶ chi1 ²chi1 B-2C⁴ 2D² 2E⁴ 2F².
Entered 14 November 1608.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 13633
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 168
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S104163
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 168
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S104163
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 13633
Folger-specific note
HH114/3. Blank cancelled by one of extra dedications. Vellum gilt binding, in blue morocco slipcase. Provenance: inscriptions on t.p.: "Edw: Horwood me tenet" and "James [Scouler?]"; book-label of the Later Library of Herschel V. Jones; bookplate of John L. Clawson; Anderson sale of Clawson library, 20 May 1926; collated by Percy Jones at Quaritch, 17 June 1926; Harmsworth copy