The Odyssey of Homer

Name/Title

The Odyssey of Homer

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.354

Description

xxviii, 314 p., [16] leaves of plates incl. frontis Acclaimed translation by George Herbert Palmer.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Epic poetry, 1920s

Dimensions

Height

10-1/2 in

Width

7-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Homer

Illustrator

N.C. Wyeth

Edition

First

Publisher

Houghton, Mifflin & Company

Place Published

City

Cambridge

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1929

Printer

Riverside Press

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Designer

N.C. Wyeth

Binding Notes

Bound in the original bright red cloth with title and Wyeth designed cover decoration of Zeus with thunderbolts in gilt which is bright and untarnished. Also issued the same year in a signed, limited edition bound in green cloth. Grey and cream decorated endpapers depicting classical Greek theme. Top edge has publisher's green stain. Cover design by Wyeth: Brandywine River Museum of Art owns the Wyeth imprint (graphite on tracing paper), dated 1929, for the book's cover design.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Odysseus