Lot 49: BROOME, WILLIAM.

Three editions of his "Poems on Several Occasions":

Poems on several occasions. For Bernard Lintot, 1727, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, worn at edges; Poems on several occasions. For Henry Lintot, 1739, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners bumped and worn; Poems on several occasions...with large alterations and additions. For Henry Lintot, 1750, title in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplate of the Earl of Harrowby, contemporary calf, red speckled edges, corners and edges of binding worn

Three editions of the Poems of William Broome (1689-1745), who collaborated with Ozell and Oldisworth in translating The Iliad and with Pope and Fenton in translating The Odyssey. The 1750 edition uses unsold sheets from the 1739 second edition, with a cancel title-page.