Juvenal Appendix Consaining Imiations Third by Badham Charles Translator (1 results)
Language: English
Published by A j Valpy, London, 1831
- Hardcover
Seller: Wabash Museum Books, Mount Carmel, IL, U.S.A.Wabash Museum Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Pages yellowed and foxed; slight warping but tight; page edges darkened; ususal ex-library markings; no written markings in pages; Inner spine hinge has beEn reinforced with library tape. Dark brown hard cover with minor shelf wear;;slight rubbing of corners. Frontispiece has engraved statu…e of Juvenal by Freeman . Contents includes: Dedication, Preface to Second edition, and Biographical sketch of Juvenal; There are 16 sections to the Satires-Motives and objects of Satire; Hypocrisy; Rome; The turbot of Ancona; A Roman Dinner; Women; Patronage, Hereditary Distincions; The Complaint; Human Wishes; The Invitation; Shipwreck; Penalties of Guilt; Example; Cannibals; and Military Privileges. Appendix contains the Vanity of Human Wishes by Dr. Johnson. The last section of the book contains Persius translated by The Rt. Hon, Sir W Drummond and contains a biographical sketch of Persius and translator's prologue. Satires include: Poets; Wishes; Idleness and Health; The Statesman; Freedom and Avarice and Wealth. VERY RARE VINTAGE COPY.