Foulis Press.- Homer. Iliados [&] Odysseais [graece], 4 vol., Glasgow, Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1756-58

Foulis Press.- Homer. Iliados [&] Odysseais [graece], edited by Jacob Moor and George Muirhead, 4 vol., Greek text with Latin dedication, preface and index, half-titles in vol.2 & 4 only, some light spotting, mostly at beginning and ends, 3p2 with short tear to margin repaired, later ink signature of J.E.R.Oldfield to front pastedowns, contemporary calf with borders ruled in blind, spines gilt in compartments with five raised bands and brown roan labels, red edges, a little rubbed and marked with a few scuffs but a handsome copy, [Gaskell 319], folio, Glasgow, Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1756-58.

⁂ The magnum opus of the press, for which it was awarded the Silver Medal of the Select Society of Edinburgh in both 1756 and 1757. The Foulis brothers had the Greek font cut by Alexander Wilson, and its setting in the Homer shows it to splendid effect.