Chapman's Homer : Volume One: The Iliad; Volume Two: The Odyssey & the Lesser Homerica
New York: Pantheon, 1956.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Item #16917
Bookplate of bibliophile Norman Sondheim on Volume One pastedown, otherwise light wear; Dust Jackets spine sun, light wear; Slipcase light rub. Solid hardcovers. ; First Edition, First Printing in Slipcase of this modern scholarly edition of George Chapman's early 17th-century translations of Homer. Edited by Allardyce Nicoll with textual notes, commentary, glossaries, and prefatory material. Two of two volumes, complete set. "The Bollingen Chapman's Homer is a hybrid work - part archival (preserving Chapman's classic translation), part interpretive (with guidance for modern readers), and part literary anthology (allowing us to see how a Renaissance translator engaged Homer). ; Bollingen Series; xxi, 740; vi, 651 pages.
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