Author: Pope, Alexander
Title: The Iliad of Homer translated by Mr. Pope
Publication Information: London: Printed by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintott between the Temple Gates, 1715
Call #: 883.1 H752 ip 2 v. 1
Book Size: 28.5 cm (H); 23 cm (L); 4.5 cm (spine)
Cover: front and back covers have inset geometric rectangle design; blind stamped scallops, gilt; flowers on the edges; elegant but serviceable binding
Inside Book Covers:
Paper Edges: red
Illustrations: frontispiece is a bust of Homer; engravings have a neo-classical look
Comments:
- title page in red and black ink
- epigram from Lucretius
- Letter to George R (from James Stanhope)
- Note list of subscribers (lord, dukes, earls, countesses), as well as Addison, Arbuthnot, Congreve, Cibber, Dutton, Evelyn, Garth, Gay, Newton, Prior, Rowe, and Steele
- Preface
- An Essay on the Life, Writings, and Learning of Homer
- An explanation of the argument before each book of The Iliad
- Observations after each book of The Iliad
Pedagogical Uses/Notes:
- 18th-Century British Text Production
- Classical Works in Translation
- Canonicity
- Publication through Subscription
- Marketing
