The Batrachomuomachia; or, the Battle of the Frogs and Mice. With the Hymns and Epigrams of Homer. Translated by Thomas Parnell, M.A., Richard Hole, LL.B., and Henry J. Pye, Esq.

  • Homer
  • London: Printed by Whittingham and Rowland... for J. Sharpe 1810

£75

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Description

12mo, pp. iv, 143, [1] + 1 plate. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine divided by double gilt rules, black roan label, other compartments with quatrefoil tool in blind. Plate foxed, some spotting elsewhere. Extremities rubbed and a little worn.

Notes

A scarce pocket edition of the minor poems attributed to Homer, also issued as a volume in Sharpe's edition of translations from the Greek, Roman, and Italian poets. Library Hub locates three copies, in Aberystwyth, Liverpool, and Nottingham.

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