[Rarebooks] FS: W. C. Bryant's Translation of the ILIAD with Pages of Manuscript and Page Proofs

[Charles Agvent]

(BRYANT, William Cullen) HOMER. THE ILIAD OF HOMER With 5 Pages of 
MANUSCRIPT and 2 Pages of Corrected Page Proofs. Boston: Fields, Osgood, 
& Co., 1870. First Edition. 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. Some rubbing and wear to bindings. Very Good. (#021034)        
$3,500

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