Johann Heinrich Voß's (1751–1826) translation of Homer's Odyssey appeared in 1781 in Hamburg "auf Kosten des Verfassers" ("at the author's own expense").
Johann Heinrich Voß (1751–1826), Homers Odüßee, Hamburg 1781, colour photograph, 2008, photographer: H.-P. Haack; source: Wikimedia Commons, http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Vo%C3%9F,_Johann_Heinrich-_Homers_Od%C3%BC%C3%9Fee.jpg&filetimestamp=20100913013055. Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany.