Description
AB117939, Homer; Parnell Thomas (translator), Homer’s Battle of the Frogs and Mice. with the remarks of Zoilus, to which is Prefixed, The Life of the said Zoilus., London, 1717, Bernard Lintot, First Edition, Quarter Leather & Publisher’s Drab Paper Covered Boards, Very Good, pp. (xl), 30, (23), (i) pubs ads. A2 (title) – F8 (ads). No Half title. Illuminated capitals as well as head & tail piece vignettes throughout. Heraldic bookplate on rear of title with 18th century gift inscription. Further writing in the same & recipient’s hands on the fly title for The Life of Zoilus with occasional words elsewhere; all in faded ink. Writing in a different hand is also clearly visible though both pastedowns (there are no free endpapers. Spine with handwritten paper label (both rubbed) & fore corners of boards bumped. Scarce.
