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Bibliotheca Britannica; or, a general index to British and foreign literature / By Robert Watt.

  • Robert Watt
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1824
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    t+. ~*~ ww eee 509 HOME added, some- Grammatical Notes, by Mr. Johnson ; and alarge Poetical In- dex to the whole, alphabetically digested. Illustrated with 26 cuts, copied by the best Grayers from the Paris plates, designed by Coypel. Lond. 1712, 5 yols. 12mo. Reprinted, Lond. 1784, 5 vols, 12mo. ‘This is a good translation, in blank verse, but printed as prose; the lines only distin- guished by capital letters.—-The First Book of Homer’s Iliad. Translated into English verse, by Thomas Tickell, Esq. Lond. 1715, 4to.—The Iliad of Homer. ‘Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq. ; with Observations, and an Essay on the Life, Writings, and Learning of Homer. Lond. 1715-20, 6 vols. fol. With cuts. Reprinted, 1717, 1738, 6 vols. 4to. The same. Lond. 1720, 1725, 1729, 1732, 1736, 1745, 1750, 1756, 1760, 6 vols. 8vo. 1751, 6 vols. fol. 1783, 1784, 4 vols. 12m0, 1813, 12mo..—Homerides, or Homer’s First Book modernized; by Iliad Doggrell. Lond. 1716, 8vo. g7—A Translation of the First Book of the Iliad; by H. Fitz-Cotton, Esq. Lond. 1749, 8vo.—Part of the Tenth Book, and from the Eleventh Book of the Iliads of Homer ; in the style of Milton. ‘Translated into English verse, by Wm. Broome, LL. D., inhis Poems. 2d edition ; with large al- terations and additions. Lond. 1750, 8vo. And in Dr. Anderson’s edi- tion of the British Poets, vol. viii. p. 764.—The Eighth Book of the Iliad of Homer, attempted by way of Essay; by Samuel Ashwick. Lond. 1750, 4to.—The first volume of anew Translation of Homer’s Iliad ; adapt- ed to the capacity of honest English roast beef and pudding eaters, by Caustic Barebones, (Mr. Thomas Bridges,) a broken Apothecary. Lond. Al762, 12m0.—Homer’s Travestie; being a new Burlesque Translation of the ten first books of the Iliad, by the Translator, (Mr. Bridges.) Vol. 2d. Lond. 1764, 12mo. 4th edition, improved ; with many curious plates. 1797, 2 vols. 8vo. A humorous, but often indecent translation.—The _Dliad of Homer, translated from Greek into blank verse; with Notes, pointing out the peculiar beauties of the original, and the imitations of it by succeeding Poets: Book First, being a specimen of the whole. By the Rev. Sam. Langley, D. D. Lond. 1767, 4to.—The Iliad of Homer. ‘Trans- ated (into prose,) by James Macpherson, Esq. Lond. 1773, 2 vols. 4to. 2d edition, revised throughout, and carefully corrected. Lond. 1773, 4to. ; This translation was never in any repute, and.is now. fallen into total oblivion. .—The Beauties of Homer ; selected from the Iliad, by Wm. Holwell, B.D. F. A.§. Lond. 1775, 8vo. A very judicious selection. — The first Book of the Hliad of Homer, verbally rendered into English verse ;.being a specimen of a New Translation of that Poet. With Critical Annotations. Lond. 1792, 8vo. This is thought to be a burlesque on Mr. Cowper’s too literal translation. _-=—The Iliad of Homer, translated into English, by the Rev. Wm. Tremen- dheere, A.B. Book i. Lond. 1792, 4to. Not in great estimation.—The _ iad of Homer, translated into blank verse, with Notes; by P. Williams, D. D., Archdeacon, of Merioneth, &c. Lond. 1806, 12mo. This volume ;.contains the first book only, as a specimen.—For. Epix. Homeri Poetarum .Supremi Ilias per Laurentium Vallens, in Latinum Sermonem Traducta ; feliciter incipit. Brix. 1474, fol. This edition is in the Roman charac- ter, and is without signature, catchword, or number of pages. It was twice reprinted at the same place; once in 1497, and again, without date.— ‘Homeri Iliados libri aliqui per Nicol. de Valle, Latino carmine redditi, cum Epistola Theodor. Gaze ad Lzlium de Valle Nicolai Patrem. Rome, printed by Philip de Lignamime, 1474, fol. The books. of Homer, contain- .ed in this impression of Nicholas de Valla’s partial Latin translation of the Hiad, are the iii. iv. v. xiii. (improperly numbered the xiiii.) the xviii. xix. #%X.Xxil. xxiii, (these four last are very incomplete,) and the xxiv. The ca- pital letters of this uncommon edition are almost of the same size with the other characters. —LIlias cum Scholiis, Gr. Rom. 1517, fol.—lIlias, cum .Batrachomyomachia, Gr. Flor. ap Junta, 1519, 2 vols. 8yo. This edition awas preceded by one containing only the first book, published at Strasburg, ‘by Schott, 1516, 4to. It is merely a reimpression of the second Aldine one, and is now scarce.—lIlias, Lat. per Laur. Vallam. Col. 1522, 8vo.—lIlias, Gr. Ven. ap. Aldum, 1524, 8vo.—lIlias, Gr. Argent. ap. Cephalzus, 1525, 12mo, and 1534, 8vo. Rare editions.—Ilias in Linguam Vulgarem ~Grecam, translata, per Nicolaum Lucanum. Ven. per Stefano da Sabia. 2.1526, 4to. This is asingular and scarce edition, containing, as the title intimates, the Greek Text of the Iliad, translated into modern verse, by Nic. Lucanus. It was reprinted at Venice, 1603, 4to.—TIlias, Gr. Lat. 4 Came- Xario. Bas. 1540, 4to.—lIlias, ab Hadr. Turnebo, Gr. Par. 1554, 8vo. Avery beautiful and excellent edition, containing the various readings at the end of the volume. It is particularly valuable, as being the only volume of Homer ever published by that learned printer, although, from several circumstances, it is not improbable but that Turnebus did intend to print the Odyssey in the same form and size, to suit.the purchasers of the Iliad.—Lliad, Gr. mar. ap. Morell. 1562, 4to. Iliados, lib. primus, Gr. cum Meditationibus Girardi. Par. ap. viduam G. Morellii, 1566, 4to.—Ilias, Gr. Lat. Ap. J. Crispinum, 1570, 8vo.—lLlias, Gr. Lat. 4 F. Porto: Cretensi. Gen. 1580, i6émo. Et ap. E. Vignon, 1608, 8vo.—lIliadis lib ix. Gr. cum Joh. Sanderi Collectaneis de Vita et Scriptis Homeri. Magdeb. 1661, 4to.— Ilias, cum Comment. Eustathii, ab Alex. Polito, Gr..et Lat. 1730-5, 5 vols. fol. A valuable edition, but incomplete.—lIlias, Gr. et Lat. Opera Geo, Hageri. Bas. 1788, 2 vols. 8vo.—lIlias, cum Scholiis ; ex Codice Ve- neto S. Marci, a Joan. Bapt. Casp. d’Ansse de Villoison, Gr. : fol. . Best edition, containing a fac-simile of the Text and Scholia of a Ve- nnetian MS. in the Library of St. Mark.—Tlias, A F. C. Alter, ad Codicem Vindobonensem :Grece expressa. ‘Vindob. 1789, 2 vols. 8vo.—L’ Iliade, Gall. 10.prem. Livres, trad. par M. H..Saleel. Par. 1555, 8vo.. Par. HOME 509 v 1584, 12mo,—L’Tliade, traduite en Francois, avec des Remarques, par Ma- dame Dacier, en trois tomes, avec figures. Par. 1711, 8vo.—La Ulyxea de Homero, traduzida de Griego en lengua Castellana, por el Secretario Gongalo Perez. Anv. 1556, 8vo.—L/ Iliade d’Omero recata Poeticamente in verso sciolto Italiano dall’ Ab. Melchior Cesarotti, Padov. 1786-94, 8 tom. 8vo.-—-O DDYSSEY.—Baurt. Eprr. Odyssea, Gr. et Lat. adjecte sunt Homerici Centones, &c. Cantab. 1664, 8vo.—Odyssea, Gr. Oxon. 01702, 1705, 1706, et 1708, 8vo.—Odyssea, Gr. et Lat. 4 Clarke: Lond. 1758, 2 vols. 8vyo.. In this impression, verse 216 of the tenth book is printed twice, and verse 554 is entirely left out. <“ This,” says Dr. Harwood, ** will convince the reader with what unpardonable negligence and careless- ness editions of the Classics in London are generally executed.” —Odyssea, Gr. cum Scholiis Didymi. Oxon. 1797, 2 vols.’ 8vo.—Odyssea, Gr. et Lat. Glasg. 1799, 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1810, 2 vols. 8vo. Edin. 1810, 2 vols, 8vo.—Odyssea, Gr. Oxon. 1811, 12mo.—Enae. Trans. The Odys- ses of Homer, translated into English, by Geo. Chapman. Lond. (abaut 1614), fol.— Homer his Odysses, translated and adorned with sculpture, and pillustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby. Lond. 1665, fol.—The Tra- vels of Ulysses, as they were related by himself, in Homer’s ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth book of his Odysses, to Alcinous, King of Pheeacia. Translated into English verse, by Thomas Hobbes. Lond. 1674, 8vo.— The first Book of the Odyssey translated, with Notes; by Mr. Lewis Theo- bald. Lond.1716, 8vo.—The eleventh Book of Homer’s Odyssey, trans- lated from the Greek, in Milton’s style, by Elijah Fenton, in his Poems. Lond. 1717, 8vo.—The Odyssey of Homer, translated from the Greek, by Alex. Pope, Esq.; with Observations. Lond. 1725, fol. Lond. 1725, 1745, 1752, 1758, 1760, 1768, 5 vols. 8vo. Glasg. 1753, 12mo. Lond. 91769, 1771, 3 vols. Lond. 1763, 2 vols. 12mo. Lond. 1778, 12mo. Franckfort, 1776, 8vo. 1805, 1806, 12mo. 1806, 6 vols. 8vo. 1811, 12mo. Of this English version, Mr. Pope translated only 12 books, name- ly the 3d, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 21st, 29d, and 24th, The rest were translated by Fenton and Broome.—The Odyssey, translated by Cowper. 1809, 4 vols, 8vo.—For. Envir. Odyssea, Lat. Metaphraste Ralph. Reg. Volaterrano. Col. 1523, 8vo.—QOdyssea, Gr. Without place, 1541, 8vo. By Conrad. Neobarius—Odyssea, Gr. Argent. ap. Ce- phal. 1550, 8vo. A rare edition. —Odyssea, Gr. cum Eustathii Comment. Bas. 1559, fol.—Odyssea, Gr. J. Crispini. Atreb. 1567, 24mo.—Odyssea, rGr. Par. ap. Prevosteau, 1582, 4to. An edition of extreme rarity.— Odyssea, Gr. Lat. Apud E. Vignon, 1586, 8vo.—Odyssea, Gr. Lat. /Emyl]. Porti. Gen. 1609, 16mo.—Odyssea, 4 Sam. Beglero, Gr. et Lat. Amst. 1707, 12mo0,-—Odyssea cum Batrachom. ed. Wolf. Hal. 1784, 2 vols. 8vo.—Odyssea, 4 F. A. Wolfio, edit. nova. 1794, 8vo. Et Rapsod. Thorn. 1794, 8vo.—Odyss. Gall. Liv. 1, 2, 3, trad. per Am. Jamin. ‘Par. 1584, 12mo. Avec Remarques, par Madame Dacier. Par. 1716, 3 tom. 8vo. Et Ital. da Baccelli. Fir. 1582, 8vo.——ILIAD and ODYS- SEY.—Brit. Eprr. Ilias et Odyssea. Oxon. 1705, 1714, 8vo. Correct impressions. —Ilias et Odyssea, Gr. Lat. Clarkii. 1740, 8vo.—Tlias et s Odyssea, Gr. Oxon. 1743, 8vo. Oxon. 1750-58, 2 vols, 8vo.—Ilias et ‘Odyssea, 4 Sam. Clarke, Gr. et Lat. Lond. 1768, &c. 4 vols. 8vo.—lIlias et Odyssea, by Baumgarten. 1785, 4 vols. 8vo.—Ilias et Odyssea, Gr. a Grenville, cum Var. Lect. Porsoni. Oxon. 1800, 4 vols. 4to.—TIlias et Odyssea, Gr. Oxon. 1808, 2vols, 12mo. Edin. 1809, 4 vols. 8vo. 1810- 11, 4 vols. 12mo.—Ene. Trans. ‘The separate English Translations of the Iliad and Odyssey have been already given under their respective articles ; there still remain, however, some editions to notice, in which the English version of both these Works were published together: these are,—The Iliads and Odysses of Homer, translated into English by George Chapman. t Lond. 1616, fol.—Homer’s Iliads and Odysses, translated, adorned with sculptures, and illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby. Lond. 1669, 2 vols. fol.—The Jliads and Odysses of Homer, translated out of Greek into English, by Thomas Hobbes, of Malmesbury. Lond. 1675, 2 vols. 8vo. 2d edition. Lond. 1677. 3d edition; with the Life of Homer. 1686, 2 vols. 8vo. This translation is much inferior to Chapman’s: in many instances Hobbes omits whole sentences and similies.—The Tiad and Odys- sey of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, Esq. Lond. 1715, 1725, 8 vols. 4to. Lond. 1732, 1756, 1743, 1750, 11 vols. 8vo. Glasg. 1753, 12mo. Lond. 1759, 1760, 1763, 7 vols. 8vo. Donaldson’s edition. Lond. 41769, 1773, 1774, 8vo. Dr. Johnson’s edition. Edin. 1767, 4 vols. 8vo. 1783, 8vo. ‘With Warburton’s Notes. Lond. 1771, 8 vols. 8vo. Martin and Bain’s edition. 1794, 8 vols. 12mo. New edition, with additional Notes, critical and illustrative, by Gilbert Wakefield. Lond. 1796, 11 vols, 8vo. Lond. 1802, 5 vols. 8vo. 1806, 9 vols. 8vo. 1806, 4 vols. 12mo. Of Pope’s translation some Critics say, that “it is the first truly poetical one the world has ever seen; while others affirm, that the manners and cha- racters of Homer’s Odyssey are not sufficiently preserved in the translation, and that the Poet often accommodates his Author to the ideas of those for whom he translates, substituting beauties of his own in the room of those vwhich he despaired of making intelligible.’’—The iliad and Odyssey of Ho- mer. ‘To which is added, The Battle of the Frogs and’the Mice. Trans- lated into English blank verse, by Wm. Cowper, Esq. Lond. 1791, 4to. Second edition, with copious alterations and’ Notes; prepared for the press by the Translator, and now published with a Preface by his kinsman J. Johnson, LL. B. Lond. 1802, 4 yols..8vo. “This translation surpasses all preceding ones, in point of fidelity and accuracy.—For. Epir. Ilias et Odyssea, cum Comment. Eustathii, Gr. ‘Rom. 1542-50, 4 vols. fol. -A very scarce edition, containing the invaluable Commentary of Eustatbius,
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