The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical / by Robert Anderson. Volume Twelfth; containing Pope's Iliad, Pope's Odyssey, West's Pindar, Dryden's Virgil, Dryden's Persius, Dryden's Juvenal, Pitt's Æneid, Rowe's Lucan, Homer's Hymn to Ceres, and Pindar's Odes, omitted by West.
London ; Edinburgh: Printed for John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute and J. Mundell & Co., 1795
Physical Description
[i-ii] iii-xi [xii], 880 p.; 244 mm.
General Note
The Works of the British Poets by Robert Anderson appeared in 13 volumes between 1792 and 1795. This copy of volume 12 lacks both the letterpress title-page and the engraved title-page; it opens with the half-title 'The Works of Homer. Translated into English verse, by A. Pope, Esq.' The text is printed in double columns.
References
This copy is first recorded in the Royal Academy of Arts Library Catalogue of Books in the Library published in 1877.
ESTC, T152376
Binding Note
The book has marbled paper-covered boards and brown half-leather binding; the spine is lettered in gilt 'The Works / Of / Homer / - / Translated By / A. Pope' and 'R. A.'
Subject
English poetry - English poetry ; Translations from foreign languages