Author: Wood Esq., Robert
Title: An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer
Publication Information: London: Printed by H. Hughs MDCCLXXV
Call #: PA4037. A2W71775
Book Size: 30 cm (H); 24.5 cm (L); 3.3 cm (spine)
Cover: calf skin; plain front and back; spine - gilt embossed floral; olive green background for the title on the spine
Inside Book Covers: plain paper
Paper Edges: unadorned
Illustrations: Frontispiece: "A Head of Homer" (left signature "J.B. Cipriani", right engraved by "J. Basire"); title page: "Drawn at Ephesus in 1764 by W. Pars, Engraved by F. Bartolozzi"
Comments:
- Text from the library of Thomas Weld, Esq. (who established Catholic church in England)
- there's a fold-out map after p. 303
- the text includes "Directions to the Binder" - which were not followed
- "To the Reader" by Robert Wood
Pedagogical Uses/Notes:
- 18th-Century British Text Production
- Status of Western Canon
- Illustration
