The whole works of Homer; prince of poetts· In his Iliads, and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo: Chapman.
1634
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Title
The whole works of Homer; prince of poetts· In his Iliads, and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo: Chapman.
Uniform title
Works. English
Created/published
At London : Printed [by Richard Field, William Jaggard, and Thomas Harper] for Nathaniell Butter, [1634?]
Description
[26], 341, [11]; [12], 193, [3], 195-349, 352-376, [4] p. ; 30 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Homer, author.
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Hole, William, -1624, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Hole, William, -1624, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
In verse.
The title page is engraved and signed "William Hole sculp:"; verso should probably be blank (title to STC 13624 had a portrait of Chapman).
Printers' names supplied and publication date conjectured by STC.
Leaves *1, A6, 2G8, ²A1, ²R8, ²2I8 are blank.
Signatures: pi1 *⁶ A-2F⁶ 2G⁸; ²A⁶(±A2,A5) B-Q⁶ R⁸ S-2H⁶ 2I⁸.
A later state of STC 13624, which in turn was a reissue of STC 13634 and 13637. In this state the reissue of "The Iliads" is replaced by a reprinting by Thomas Harper; recto headlines of the Iliad have "HOMER'S" (italic). Harper also printed a cancel letterpress title page for "The Odyssey" with imprint "London, printed for Nathaniel Butter"; and a cancel ²A5 beginning "Poet" (no period; cancellandum has "Poet."). Many copies have some preliminaries retained from STC 13624.
The title page is engraved and signed "William Hole sculp:"; verso should probably be blank (title to STC 13624 had a portrait of Chapman).
Printers' names supplied and publication date conjectured by STC.
Leaves *1, A6, 2G8, ²A1, ²R8, ²2I8 are blank.
Signatures: pi1 *⁶ A-2F⁶ 2G⁸; ²A⁶(±A2,A5) B-Q⁶ R⁸ S-2H⁶ 2I⁸.
A later state of STC 13624, which in turn was a reissue of STC 13634 and 13637. In this state the reissue of "The Iliads" is replaced by a reprinting by Thomas Harper; recto headlines of the Iliad have "HOMER'S" (italic). Harper also printed a cancel letterpress title page for "The Odyssey" with imprint "London, printed for Nathaniel Butter"; and a cancel ²A5 beginning "Poet" (no period; cancellandum has "Poet."). Many copies have some preliminaries retained from STC 13624.
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), 13624.5
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119225
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119225
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 13624.5 (folio)
Folger-specific note
Bound with: The crowne of all Homers workes Batrachomyomachia ... London, [1624?] (STC 13628). With general engraved t.p. (with portrait of Chapman on verso) and dedication leaf as in STC 13624. Part 1: blank leaf (*1 as conjugate with *6) bound before B1; Part 2: engraved t.p. retained. Manuscript spine lining. Sprinkled calf binding. Provenance: Harmsworth copy
Folger accession
HH114/7
Former call number
STC 13624.3