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Homer (active 850 BC?)

The Illiad of Homer & The Odyssey rendered into English prose / by Samuel Butler. (Great books of the western world ; no. 4). 1952

RCIN 1056371

Description

Founder's ed. 4to.

Provenance

Presented to The Queen by the Publisher at a presentation dinner on 15 Apr 1952.
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Homer (active 850 BC?)
(author)

Search the collection Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
(translator)

Search the collection Encyclopaedia Britannica : London, Chicago, Toronto
(publisher)

Search the collection Great books of the western world
(series)

Search the collection Hutchins, Robert Maynard
(series editor)
Groupings
Category
Books
Object type(s)
printed & manuscript material
books
book: full leather bound
book: full leather bound in calf
book: full leather bound in blue calf
book: top edge gilt
Subject(s)
Language, Linguistics and Literature
Literature
Classical literatures
Classical Greek literature
Translations
Translations into English

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