The true peri bathous : or, the Art of sinking in poetry, and rising again in four cantos. By Monsieur Boileau.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
printed for E. Curll,
1728.
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| Edition: | The third edition, revised and compared with the Dunciad. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Probably an adaptation of Boileau's 'L'art poétique'; a re-issue of the revised Soames-Dryden translation, with additions by another hand (Foxon). The words 'peri bathous' in the title are transliterated from the Greek, a satirical reference to the original "Peri bathous" attributed to Pope and published in Swift's 'Miscellanies' of 1727. With one preliminary and two final advertisement leaves. Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas". Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (v, 3 unnumbered pages, 59, 5 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |