Graffanio-mastix or a collection of curious poems on the censor [T129342] [Ecco]
- DMI number:
- 18
- Publication Date:
- 1730
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T129342
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110745561
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BOD?
- Full Title:
- GRAFFANIO-MASTIX: | OR, A | COLLECTION | Of Curious | POEMS | ON THE | CENSOR, | CONTAINING, | [two columns] [column 1] I. The Censoriad. | II. The Defence. | III. The Threnodia. | IV. The Last Will. [/column 1] | [column 2] V. Variae Lectiones, | excerptae ex operibus | Nugatoriis Bentleii | Theob. & Welstedii. [/column 2] | All curiously illustrated with ANNOTATIONS | of divers learned Authors. | [rule] | To which is prefixed the Life of MART. GULLIVER. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]DUBLIN:[/i] | Printed, and Sold by GEORGE FAULKNER at the Pam- | phlet-Shop in [i]Essex-street[/i], opposite to the Bridge, 1730.
- Epigraph:
- [i]Tibi Scriptus[/i] GRAFFANE [i]Libellus.[/i] MART.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- 0
- Bibliographic details:
- Despite having separate title pages and restarting pagination, 'A Modest Defence' and 'Various remarks on the Modest Defence' continue the register of The Censoriad.
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Miscellany contains separate sections which may have been issued as separate pamphlets. (1) The Censoriad. A Poem...The Fourth Edition (1730) ESTC T129341. Includes Life of Martin Gulliver (Latin and English prose); Verse with extensive annotations; explanatory notes. (2) A Modest Defence of Mr. G-n. Being an answer to the Censoriad. (1730) ESTC T170031. Verse. (3) Various Remarks on the Modest Defence. Prose. (4) Threnodia: Or an elegy on the unexpected and unlamented death of the Censor. (1730) ESTC T50314. Verse with prose 'proeme'. (5) The Last Will and Testament of the Censor. [1730] ESTC T129336. Prose. (6) Index. MISCELLANY GENRE: collection of poems satirizing Hugh Graffan.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: Contents, 1pp.
- Publisher:
- George Faulkner
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Should the old censor of imperial Rome
- Page No:
- pp.3-20
- Poem Title:
- The Censoriad. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Written originally by Martin Gulliver
- Attributed To:
- Martin Gulliver
- First Line:
- O what a sad age of corruption we live in
- Page No:
- pp.3-8
- Poem Title:
- A Modest Defence of Mr. G--n, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye writers of satire ye whips of the times
- Page No:
- pp.3-7
- Poem Title:
- Threnodia: Or, An Elegy, &c. Epitaphium. Eternae memoriae Censoris, Trin. Coll. Dub. Dicatum.
- Attribution:
- Written originally by Martin Gulliver
- Attributed To:
- Martin Gulliver
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