Essay on the original genius and writings of Homer

TitleEssay on the original genius and writings of Homer
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1775
AuthorsWood, R
CityLondon
LibraryHenry E. Huntington Library
BindingBound in green goatskin with the stamp in gold on both covers
BookplateBlack leather bookplate: Ex libris Robert Hoe. Anonymous armorial bookplate [“Vigilantibus”] of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford (1806 1864)
SignaturePresentation slip in MS from the bookseller P. Elmsley to Walpole, dated July 7, 1775
Call Number120735
Stamp(s): 
Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797) (Stamp 1)
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Arms On a fess between two chevrons sable three cross crosslets a mullet for cadency Crest A old man's head and shoulders in profile ducally crowned and wearing a long cap tasselled and charged with a Catherine wheel Helmet of an Esquire Motto FARI QVÆ SENTIAT
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