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Lucan's Pharsalia /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lucan, 39-65
Other Authors: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718 (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for J. Tonson at Shakespear's-Head in the Strand, MDCCXXII. [1722]
Edition:The second edition.
Subjects:
Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C.
Rome > History > Civil War, 49-45 B.C.
Epic poetry, Latin > Translations into English > Early works to 1800.
Civil War (Rome : 49-45 B.C.)
Pharsalus, Battle of (Farsala, Greece : 48 B.C.)
Greece > Farsala.
Rome (Empire)
49-45 B.C
History.
Description
Item Description:Originally published posthumously 1718 with dedication signed by Rowe's widow, Anne Rowe.
"The preface. Giving some account of Lucan and his works, and of Mr. Rowe. By James Welwood": pages i-lxiv.
Engraved title vignette; initials.
Engraved frontispiece: signed A. Cheron Inv., and G.V. dr Gucht Sculp; folding map: signed G. Hulett Sculp.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:2 volumes, 2 plates (1 folded) : frontispiece, map ; 17 cm
Place of Publication:England -- London.