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Creator:
Homer
Title(s):
The Iliad of Homer : the first twelve staves translated into English by Maurice Hewlett.
Additional Title(s):
Iliad. Book 1-12. English.
Published/Created:
London : The Cresset Press Limited, MCMXXVIII [1928]
Edinburgh : Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Limited, [1928]
Physical Description:
[2], xiii, [1], 227, [3] pages ; 30 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PA4025.A3 H4 1928+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This edition is limited to 750 copies of which 725 are for sale in England and America."--First preliminary page.
BEIN Gfh91 +Eg928H Copy 1: "This edition is limited to 750 copies of which 725 are for sale in England and America. This copy is number 331." Bound in half-cloth, vallum back, with gilt device on front cover.
BEIN Gfh91 +Eg928H Copy 2: Binding variant. "This edition is limited to 750 copies of which 725 are for sale in England and America. This copy is number 625." Bound in half-cloth, of a different texture from the above, cloth back, without device on front cover.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 235 of 750. Bound in publisher's original quarter vellum with orange buckram boards. Gilt device on front cover.
Subject Terms:
Achilles (Mythological character) -- Poetry.
Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.
Trojan War -- Poetry.
Contributors:
Hewlett, Maurice, 1861–1923, translator.
Cresset Press, publisher.
R. & R. Clark (Firm), printer.
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