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The Works of T. Petronius Arbiter fourth edition (S. Briscoe/ J. Morphew/ J. Woodward, 1713).

THE| WORKS| OF| PETRONIUS ARBITER,| Translated by several Hands.| With a KEY by a Person of Honour,| AND ALSO| His Life and Character,| By Monsieur St. Evremont.| [rule]| The Fourth Edition.| [rule]| To which is added,| Some other of the Roman Poets, viz. Ca-|tullus, Tibullus and Propertius. And Translations| from the Greek of Pindar, Anacreon and Sappho.| With a Poem on TELEMACHUS,| By the Duke of Devonshire;| And an Essay on Poetry, by| John Duke of Buckingham.| The whole Adorn'd with CUTS.| [rule]| LONDON, Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and Sold by| J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall and. Ja. Woodward in Scalding-|Alley, against Stocks-Market. 1713.

Description

[with engravings] engraved titlepage [Roman convivium with Romans of both sexes and satyrs - all under the the protection of Truth (quite naked)]/ titlepage/ [14] pp. preface/ p.i-x "Life of Petronius Arbiter"/ [6] pp. Key/ p.1-280/ p.281-334 "Translations out of Catullus, Tibullus Propertius, Pindar and Anacreon"/ p.335-40 "The Charms of Liberty. A Poem in allusion to the Archbishop of Cambray's Telemachus"/ p.[341]-60 "Essay on Poetry"/ [8] pp. Contents/ 8°.

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Bibliographical Reference

ESTC: t017788.

History of Publication

Cf first edition of this collection (1708).link New additions. The "Essay on Poetry" in verse is not very substantial.

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