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The Odyssey of Homer. [Translated into English verse, by Pope, W. Broome, and E. Fenton; with notes by W. Broome.] (A general view of the Epic poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey, extracted from Bossu. Postscript, by Mr Pope. Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice [translated by T. Parnell], corrected by Mr Pope.)

FENTON, Elijah., Homer. · 1725 · Printed for Bernard Lintot · 30 pictures

Alexander Pope's English verse Odyssey, with Broome and Fenton, printed for Bernard Lintot in London in 1725 for subscribers to a fine literary folio. The plates here are engraved tailpieces and headpiece ornaments: symmetrical scrollwork cartouches holding flower baskets, winged putti, masks and confronted birds, useful as fine-line rococo dividers, frames and small spot ornaments.

British Library · HMNTS 12270.k.8. · Digitised by the British Library with Microsoft · No known copyright restrictions (public domain)