1767 The Iliad of Homer

Description

Leather Binding

Two volumes bound in one.

Robert and Andrew Foulis' 1767 pocket-sized edition of Alexander Pope's important translation of 'The Iliad'.

'The Iliad' is an Ancient Greek epic poem, set during the Trojan War, and narrating the ten-year siege, battles, and significant events, written in brilliantly vivid detail.

'Iliad' is divided into twenty-four books, and is written in dactylic hexameter, believed to have been written in around the 8th century BC.

The poem is typically attributed to Homer, and there are many legends surrounding his life. Historians have debated for centuries who Homer was, and whether he really wrote both 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey', two of the most famous epic poems from Ancient Greece.

From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England.

Bound without the title page for Volume II.