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The odes and satyrs of Horace / that have been done into English by the most eminent hands, viz. Earl of Rochester, Earl of Roscommon, Mr. Cowley, Mr. Otway, Mr. Congreve, Mr. Prior, Mr. Maynwaring, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Milton, Mr. Pooly ; with his Art of poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon ; to this edition is added several odes never before published.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PA6394 .A2 1721
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Horace.
Contributor:
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.
Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of, 1633?-1685.
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.
Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721.
Maynwaring, Arthur, 1668-1712.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735, bookseller.
Standardized Title:
Selections. English
Language:
English
Latin
Subjects (All):
Horace--Translations into English.
Horace.
Laudatory poetry, Latin--Translations into English.
Laudatory poetry, Latin.
Verse satire, Latin--Translations into English.
Verse satire, Latin.
Poetry--Early works to 1800.
Poetry.
Rome--Poetry.
Rome.
Rome (Empire).
Genre:
Poetry.
Penn Provenance:
Elias, Archibald C. (donor)
Meyrick, Owen (autograph)
Meyrick, M. S. (autograph)
Physical Description:
12 unnumbered pages, 203 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo)
Other Title:
Odes and satires of Horace
Art of poetry
Fingerprint:
idby d.d, s!s, ToMy (3) 1721 (A)
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for Jacob Tonson ..., 1721.
Notes:
Signatures: A⁶ B-I¹² K⁶.
Engraved illustration (frontispiece).
Woodcut initial, factotums, head- and tail-pieces.
Typographical ornaments.
Local Notes:
Penn Libraries copy: upper board and front free endpaper detached.
Penn Libraries copy has autograph of Owen Meyrick on front pastedown, front free endpaper, and title leaf and his autograph initials on front free endpaper, and leaf preceding leaf A1; ms. ownership inscription on leaf A1r ("MS Meyrick his book ..."); 2 ms. inscriptions blotted out on title leaf; a few ms. inscriptions and pen tests on verso of leaf following leaf K6, verso of back free endpaper, and back pastedown.
Cited in:
ESTC T42020
OCLC:
5104979

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