The Works of Petronius Arbiter in prose and verse [T101492]
- DMI number:
- 447
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 1736
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T101492
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW116673305
- Shelfmark:
- BOD (OC) 296 g.17
- Full Title:
- THE | WORKS | OF | PETRONIUS ARBITER, | In [i]PROSE[/i] and [i]VERSE[/i]. | Translated from the ORIGINAL LATIN, | By Mr. [i]ADDISON[/i]. | To which are prefixd the | LIFE of PETRONIUS, | Done from the [i]Latin[/i] : | And a CHARACTER of his Writings by | [i]MONSIEUR St. EVREMONT[/i]. | [rule] | [Epigraph] |[rule] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. WATTS ; and Sold by J. OSBORNE | at the [i]Golden-Ball[/i] in [i]Paternoster-Row[/i], | [rule] | MDCCXXXVI.
- Epigraph:
- When gay Petronius, to correct the Age, | Gave way of old to his Satirick Rage, | With just Resentment fir'd, he meant to shew | How far Licentiousness at last might go: | Blushing we read the loose, the flagrant Tale, |And loath the Vice thus shewn without a Veil.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of translations/imitations
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [10],16,[10],305,[7]p.,
- Bibliographic details:
- 4th edition. Illustrated plate opposite title-page. Mispagination in 'The Life of Petronius Arbiter' ('12' & '13' repeated). Final 3 leaves (Fragments) unpaginated.
- Comments:
- Contents: Parts 1 & 2 contain prose interspersed with verse translations. The final 3 leaves contain verse Fragments. Query: is this possibly incomplete?
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Preface [8p]; 'The Life of Petronius Arbiter' [16p]; 'The Key', [4p]; The Contents [6p].
- Title:
- The works of Petronius Arbiter translated by several hands [T17788]
- Publication Date:
- 1713
- ESTC No:
- T17788
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of Petronius Arbiter translated by several hands [T17789]
- Publication Date:
- 1714
- ESTC No:
- T17789
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of T. Petronius Arbiter in prose and verse [T121188]
- Publication Date:
- 1710
- ESTC No:
- T121188
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of Petronius Arbiter in prose and verse [N65296] [*IR*]
- Publication Date:
- 1778
- ESTC No:
- N65296
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- J. Watts
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for J. WATTS ; and Sold by J. OSBORNE at the Golden-Ball in Paternoster-Row.'
- Sold by:
- J. Osborne
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for J. WATTS ; and Sold by J. OSBORNE at the Golden-Ball in Paternoster-Row.'
- First Line:
- When gay Petronius to correct the age
- Page No:
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Celestial fires thy star bright eyes illume
- Page No:
- p.306-307
- Poem Title:
- Fragments. I.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beauty alone's too impotent a charm
- Page No:
- p.307
- Poem Title:
- Fragments. II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From servile fear the fancied gods first came
- Page No:
- p.308
- Poem Title:
- Fragments. III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I would not always the same odours prove
- Page No:
- pp.308-309
- Poem Title:
- Fragments. IV.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The merchant shipwrecked on the faithless main
- Page No:
- pp.309-310
- Poem Title:
- Fragments. VI.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Yes trust me every mouth of human mold
- Page No:
- p.309
- Poem Title:
- Fragments. V.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whatever can nature's genuine wants relieve
- Page No:
- p.310
- Poem Title:
- Fragments. VII.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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