Homer

[The Iliad in Greek:] Tes tou Homerou Iliados

Glasguae: In aedibus academicis, excudebant R. et A. Foulis, 1756. 2 volumes, demy folio, pp. xi, [1], 312; [4], 333, [3]; without the general title page in volume I ("rarely found"); contemporary full calf, red and blue morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; joints barely starting; very good and sound. Edited by James Moor and George Muirhead. Engraved bookplate of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymoske. The Odyssey wasn't published until 1758, although Gaskell includes it as part of his entry for Homer's Works. The book was also issued in a smaller foolscap folio format. See Gaskell 319. Item #48652

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