Chapman (George, translator).- Homer. Homer's Odysses, lacking initial blank but with blank leaves R8 and 2I8, engraved title, laid down with early ink annotation "& Iliads", contemporary ink ownership inscription of James Cocking to A3, [STC 13637; Pforzheimer 170], Rich. Field for Nathaniell Butter, [?1615]; The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets, lacking initial and final blanks, engraved title and some preliminaries (including A gathering), [STC 13634; Pforzheimer 169], Printed for Nathaniell Butter, [?1611], woodcut decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional damp-staining to head, mostly marginal, some slight browning and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed, upper joint starting at foot, folio.
⁂ The first complete Chapman editions of both the Iliad and Odyssey. The preliminary leaves lacking from the Iliad include the sections "To the Reader", "The Preface to the Reader", "Of Homer", and the errata on A6. The main body of the Iliad text is complete.
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