THE ILIAD OF HOMER With 5 Pages of MANUSCRIPT and 2 Pages of Corrected Page Proofs
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Two quarto (7" x 9-3/4") volumes in contemporary half brown morocco leather with marbled boards and matching corners, spines with gilt lettering and decorations, marbled endpapers; [2], [xx], 398; [viii], 426 pages. Bound for politician and newspaper editor Whitelaw Reid, with his name stamped in gilt on the base of the spines. Reid corresponded with many major figures of the 19th century including Bryant who was a long-time editor of the NEW YORK EVENING POST. Blank verse translation of THE ILIAD by Bryant. Tipped in to the first volume opposite the corresponding printed pages are 2 pages of Proofs corrected in Bryant's hand. Tipped in and laid loosely in the second volume are 5 pages of MANUSCRIPT on 2 sheets. The larger sheet, tipped in, contains the text for the last 7 pages of Book V of the printed text. The loose sheet contains lines from Book XVI beginning "He spake, and mingled in the hard-fought fray." All told, approximately 1000 words in Bryant's hand of his important translation of this Greek classic. Light rubbing to bindings. Near Fine. Item #021034
Price: $3,500.00