The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.

All titles

• The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.
• Odyssey. English (Pope)
• Pope's Odyssey

People / Organizations

• Homer (Author)
• Bernard Lintot ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for Bernard Lintot, MDCCXXV[-MDCCXXVI]. [1725-1726]

Added name

Lintot, Bernard, bookseller.; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, translator.; Fenton, Elijah, 1683-1730, translator.; Broome, William, 1689-1745, translator.; Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, engraver.

Publication year

1725-1726

ESTC No.

T67134

Grub Street ID

291780

Description

5 v., plates ; 12°.

Note

Translated by Alexander Pope, with the assistance of Elijah Fenton and William Broome

Vols. 4 and 5 are dated 1726

Includes 'A general view of the epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey. Extracted from Bossu' and 'Homer's Battle of the frogs and mice. By Mr. Archdeacon Parnel. Corrected by Mr. Pope' which has separate title page and pagination

Woodcut title page vignettes; woodcut head- and tail-pieces

Some plates signed: P. Fourdinier sculp.