![HOMER. ???a? ?a? ?d?sse?a, or The Grenville Homer. (?? ???ast????? ??p???af???? ??ad?µ?a? t?? e? ?????a, ?te? a?). Edited by Thomas Grenville with a collation of the Harleian MS. of the Odyssey by Richard Porson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1800 [preface dated March 27, 1801]. 4 volumes , 4° (300 x 232mm). In Greek. Engraved frontispiece by Lowry after C.H. Tatham, 2 engraved busts of Homer by L. Schiavonetti after Tendi, 2 engraved portraits of Grenville by J.A. Dean after J. Hoppner. (Spotting to plates, discolouration or browning at start and finish of each volume, some leaves affected by damp.) Near contemporary red morocco, gilt, ex libris of John Frederick Earl Cawdor on covers, spines directly lettered in gilt, gilt edges uncut (spines faded, soiling to covers). Provenance: gift of the editor Thomas Grenville, and his brother William Wyndham Lord Grenville, 'to their excellent friend John Frederick Earl of Cawdor' (inscription in vol,. I; inserted letter from ea](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10266_0123_000(homer_a_a_d_sse_a_or_the_grenville_homer_edited_by_thomas_grenville_wi095848).jpg?w=1)
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HOMER. (8th century B.C.). Ilias & Odyssea, or The Grenville Homer, in Greek. Edited by Thomas Grenville with a collation of the Harleian MS. of the Odyssey by Richard Porson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1800 [preface dated March 27, 1801]. 4 volumes , 4° (300 x 232mm). In Greek. Engraved frontispiece by Lowry after C.H. Tatham, 2 engraved busts of Homer by L. Schiavonetti after Tendi, 2 engraved portraits of Grenville by J.A. Dean after J. Hoppner. (Spotting to plates, discolouration or browning at start and finish of each volume, some leaves affected by damp.) Near contemporary red morocco, gilt, ex libris of John Frederick Earl Cawdor on covers, spines directly lettered in gilt, gilt edges uncut (spines faded, soiling to covers). Provenance: gift of the editor Thomas Grenville, and his brother William Wyndham Lord Grenville, 'to their excellent friend John Frederick Earl of Cawdor' (inscription in vol,. I; inserted letter from each brother to Lord Cawdor, dated April 1829).
ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES, EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY. Thomas Grenville (1755-1846), politician and book collector, bequeathed some 20,000 volumes to the British Museum, among the most valuable of which were his editions of Homer. According to Dibdin, the three Grenville brothers, the marquis of Buckingham, baron Grenville, and Thomas Grenville, bore the cost of this publication. The plates in the large paper copies appear subject to some variation. Brunet III, 275: 'quant au gr. Pap., c'est une livre magnifique'; Dibdin, Greek and Latin Classics, II, pp. 61-62.; Lowndes III, 1097: 'A superb edition'.
ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES, EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY. Thomas Grenville (1755-1846), politician and book collector, bequeathed some 20,000 volumes to the British Museum, among the most valuable of which were his editions of Homer. According to Dibdin, the three Grenville brothers, the marquis of Buckingham, baron Grenville, and Thomas Grenville, bore the cost of this publication. The plates in the large paper copies appear subject to some variation. Brunet III, 275: 'quant au gr. Pap., c'est une livre magnifique'; Dibdin, Greek and Latin Classics, II, pp. 61-62.; Lowndes III, 1097: 'A superb edition'.
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