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The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis / translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden and several other eminent hands ; together with the satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, made English by Mr. Dryden ; with explanatory notes at the end of each satire ; to which is prefix'd a discourse concerning the original and progress of satire dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Dorset, &c., by Mr. Dryden ... ; adorn'd with sculptures.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PA6447.E5 D7 1697
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Juvenal
Contributor:
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
Bowles, William, 1705-1780.
Dryden, Charles, 1666?-1704.
Stepney, George, 1663-1707.
Harvey, Stephen, 1655-1707.
Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Power, Thomas, active 1678-1692.
Dryden, John, 1668-1701.
Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700.
Persius
Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, printer.
Knaplock, Robert, -1737, bookseller.
Standardized Title:
Works. English. 1697
Language:
English
Latin
Penn Provenance:
Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (copy 2)
Physical Description:
2 unnumbered pages, xc, 501, that is, 505 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 20 cm (8vo)
Fingerprint:
ren- h.n, t,ht PrSe (3) 1697 (A)
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for Jacob Tonson and are to be sold by Robert Knaplock ..., 1697.
Notes:
Satires 1, 3, 6, 10, 16 of Juvenal are translated by John Dryden, 2 and 15 by "Mr. Tate", 4 by Richard Duke, 5 by William Bowles, 7 by Charles Dryden, 8 by G. Stepney, 9 by Stephen Harvey, 11 by William Congreve, 13 by Thomas Creech, and 14 by John Dryden, Jr.
The satires of Persius have special title leaf which reads: The satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden ... London, Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's Head in Fleet-street, 1697.
"A reissue, with cancel title page, of the second edition"--ESTC.
Signatures: A⁸(±A1) B-2O⁸ 2P⁴.
Errors in pagination: numbers 370-371 repeated twice; numbers 497-498 repeated once.
Engraved plates.
Title within border of double rules.
Local Notes:
Penn Libraries copy 2 has effaced ms. inscription on title leaf.
Penn Libraries copy 2 has wormhole in inner margin of leaves A1-E8; wormhole in fore-edge margin of leaves A1-M5; wormhole in head margin of leaves 2H8-2O3.
Penn Libraries copy 2 has an article headlined "Some suppressed verses in Dryden's translation of Juvenal VI" (by W.B. Carnochan) from the Times Literary Supplement (21 January 1972, p. 73-74) laid in.
Cited in:
ESTC R31548
Wing J1290
Macdonald, H. Dryden, p. 53 (no. 30c)
Contains:
Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus.
OCLC:
13615279

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