2 volumes in 1 (with Odyssey preceding Iliad). [8], 376. [2]; [24] (incl. blank at front), 341, [9] pp. A3-6, B-Q6, R8 (with R8 a blank), S-Z6, Aa-Hh6, Ii8 (with Ii8 a blank); *2-6, A-Z6, Aa-Ff6, Gg8 (with Gg8, a blank, wanting). Copper-engraved pictorial title, with portrait on verso, followed by an engraved dedication-leaf. (folio)11¼x7, early calf, rebacked with original spine strip laid on, marbled endpapers.
First editions in English of Homer's Works. Complete edition of Chapman's Homer - the mosts celebated translation of the Elizabethan age, immortalized by Keats - the first publication in English, this being the combined reissue of the Iliads, 1611 (STC 13634) and the Odysses, [1615?] (STC 13637). This combination of the earlier printings was likely issued in 1616. The title page of the first is usually cancelled by the general title page and a dedication leaf, both engraved; the title page of the second is usually cancelled. This is true of this copy. The Odyssey precedes the Iliad, which give it a collation at odds with most copies, but it is complete with all the printed pages except the above mentioned cancels. There are the sixteen sonnets by Chapman on leaves Gg4-7 following pt.1, p. [342], as called for, and though Gg8 is not present, it was a blank. Two of the leaves (A5 in the dedication of the Odyssey and A6 the errata of the Iliad) have the lower margins extended, and are likely supplied from another copy.