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Homerou Odysseia: PB 2-2009

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Homerou Odysseia
Translated as: Odyssey

Maker(s)

Author: Homer [Greek writer]
Typographer: Proctor, Robert
Printer: Hart, Horace
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Printer: Chiswick Press
Writer: Needham, Paul

Categories

Description

Greek title romanized.
"The text of this edition of the Odyssey is that of David Binning Monro issued by the Oxford Press in 1896. 225 copies have been printed by Horace Hart at the Oxford University Press ..."--Colophon.
Laid in: Specimen of Robert Proctor's upper case 'Otter' type printed at the Chiswick Press in Press in 1903 together with a letter from Paul Needham to Professor Kenney.

[457] p ; 30 cm.

Printed at the University Press with the Greek types designed by Robert Proctor, 1909.

Notes

History note: Given by Sydney Cockerell to Dom David Knowles in 1944, who presented it to Professor Kenney in 1963.

Place(s) associated

  • Oxford
  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2009-03) by Kenney, Edward John Kenney, Gwyneth Anne

Dating

1903 CE - 1909 CE

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 2-2009
Primary reference Number: 167945
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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