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1. Add MS 4807-4809

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Title:
POPE'S HOMER
Scope & Content:
Translation of Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey" by Alexander Pope; circa 1708-1726. Partially incomplete autograph draft of the works published by Bernard Lintot (The Iliad, 6 vols., 1715-1720; The Odyssey, 5 vols., 1725-1726). Three volumes. Quarto. Paper. Other material includes pages from a fair...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1708-1726
Extent:
3 items

2. Add MS 4807

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Scope & Content:
Vol. I (ff. 291). The 'Iliad'. Contains the Preface (ff. 2-14b), and the following books: I (ff. 17-28b), II (ff. 29-44), V (ff. 55-74b), VI (ff. 76-93), VII (ff. 94-104b), VIII (ff. 106-123b), IX (ff. 125-139b), X (ff. 141-154b), XI (ff. 156-182b), XII (ff. 184-190b, 201-207b), XIII (ff. 209-24...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1707-1722
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4809

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Scope & Content:
Vol. III (ff. 239). The 'Odyssey'. Contains the following books: I (ff. 1-1lb), III (ff. 13-27), IV (ff. 28-38b), V (ff. 40-53), VII (ff. 55-69), IX (ff. 71-89), X (part; ff. 92-lllb), XIII (ff. 112-123), XIV (ff. 125-143), XV (part; ff. 145-152b), XVII (ff. 155-176), XX (ff. 178- 186b), XXI (ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712-1730
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4808

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Title:
Vol. II. (ff. 233). Alexander Pope, The 'Iliad'. Contains the following books: XVI (ff. 1-35b), including (ff. 19-23) further copy from Poetical Miscellanies, 1709 (see 4707), XVII (ff. 37-55b), XVIII (ff. 57-73b), XIX (ff. 75-85b), XX (ff. 87-97b), XXI (ff. 99-121b), XXII (ff. 123-144b), XXIII (ff. 146-177), XXIV (ff. 179-205).
Scope & Content:
Followed by drafts of (a) the Poetical Index. ff. 207-214b;- (b) Index of Arts and Sciences. ff.215-222;- (c) an index of antiquities, not published. ff. 223-232. Also included are (a) Plans for a house, perhaps one that Pope proposed to build in London, circ. 1717-1718. f. 30b;- (b) Plans for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712-1724
Extent:
1 item