The lyric works of Horace /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 19717. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Edited by John Parke, who was responsible for some of the translations and original poems. Includes also translations of classical poets other than Horace, and both original poems and translations by other hands than Parke's. Some of the translations are in fact paraphrases, adapted to the circumstances of American history and dedicated to well-known Americans. Dedicated to George Washington. Errors in paging: pages 55-99 misnumbered 54-98. Frontispiece engraved by James Peller Malcolm, after a design by Peter Markoe. "Carmen seculare. The secular poem, composed at the express command of Augustus."--p [177]-190, with separate title page. "Translations from the Greek and Latin, with original poems."--pages [191]-319, with separate title page. Translations by David French. Cf. p. xxiv. "Virginia: a pastoral drama, on the birth-day of an illustrious personage and the return of peace, February 11th, 1784."--pages [321]-344, with separate title page. By John Parke. "Subscribers."--pages [334-350]. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | xli, 1 unnumbered page, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. (octavo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |