The Baviad and Maeviad / By William Gifford, Esquire. ; [Five lines of Latin verse].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gifford, William, 1756-1826, author.

Contributor:

Cliffton, William, 1772-1799.

Hoppner, John, 1758-1810, dedicatee.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37513.

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 -- 1800.

Parodies (Literature)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages, xiv pages, 3 unnumbered pages, vi-xx pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 145 pages, 1 unnumbered page)

Edition:

A new edition revised.

Other Title:

Maeviad.

Place of Publication:

New-York: : Printed by G. and R. Waite, for J.W. Fenno., 1800.

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.

Reissue, with cancel title page and added preface, of sheets of the edition printed at Philadelphia in 1799 (Evans 35546). Also issued, together with Gifford's 'Epistle to Peter Pindar' (Evans 37514) as the Works of William Gifford (Evans 37515). Some copies have half-title: Works of William Gifford, Esquire. Vol. I.

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 37513).

Cited in:

Evans 37513

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