1879 Rare Book - The Odyssey of Homer translated by Andrew Lang

 

Author : Homer
Title : The Odyssey of Homer. Done into English Prose by S. H. Butcher and ANDREW LANG.
Publisher : London, Macmillan and Co. 1879.
Language : Text in English
Size : 7.5 " X 5 "
Pages : xxiv-427 pages
Binding :  Attractive and very good tree calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (tight, bright and clean).
Illustrations : Illustrated with an etched frontispiece of the Cyclops.

The book : Rare and attractive edition of the Odyssey of Homer translated by Andrew Lang.

The author: Homer is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems which are the central works of ancient Greek literature. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war. The Odyssey focuses on the journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy.