GLADSTONE, William E.
Studies on Homer and The Homeric Age.
Oxford: Oxford University Press , 1858.
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He alone, while producing an unsurpassed work of the imagination, is also the greatest chronicler that ever lived": First edition of Gladstone's Studies on Homer and The Homeric Age
First edition of Gladstone's exhaustive history of the Homeric Age. Octavos, 3 volumes, bound in full vellum with gilt red morocco spine labels, all edges red, marbled endpapers, folding maps to volumes I and III. In near fine condition. Bookplate to the pastedown of volume I. An exceptional example.
British statesman and liberal party politician William Ewart Gladstone served for twelve years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is widely considered one of Britain's greatest leaders. Throughout his lifetime, Gladstone authored six major works including The State in its Relations with the Church (1841), Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age (1858), On Books and Housing of Them (1890), and the Impregnable Rock of the Holy Scripture (1890). The present volume offers a detailed examination of Homer's life, philosophy and work within the broader framework of classical antiquity.
Studies on Homer and The Homeric Age.
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