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The Baviad, and Maeviad / By William Gifford, Esquire. ; [Five lines of Latin verse] ; To which is prefixed, a poetical epistle to the author, by an American gentleman.
Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 35546 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gifford, William, 1756-1826, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 35546.
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Persius. Works--Parodies, imitations, etc.
- Persius.
- Della Cruscans (English writers).
- English literature--Anecdotes.
- English literature.
- Latin literature.
- Latin literature--Anecdotes.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Satires.
- Poems -- 1799.
- Parodies (Literature)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 145 pages, 1 unnumbered page)
- Edition:
- A new edition revised.
- Other Title:
- Maeviad.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : London--printed-- Philadelphia: re-printed for William Cobbett., M.DCC.XCIX. [1799]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- A satire on the Della Cruscans, English writers of pretentious and sentimental verse.
- Caption title: The Baviad, a paraphrastic imitation of the first satire of Persius.
- The poetical epistle is signed: C. Philadelphia, 13th May, 1799. Attributed to William Cliffton by Evans and Gaines.
- Dedicated to John Hoppner, Esq. R.A.
- Gaines notes two states. In one (Gaines 124a), the imprint reads: London--printed-- Philadelphia: re-printed for William Cobbett. In the other (Gaines 124b), the imprint reads: Philadelphia: Printed for William Cobbett.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 35546).
- Cited in:
- Evans 35546
- Gaines, P.W. Cobbett, 124a
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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