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Epigrams of Martial, Englished By Henry KILLIGREW MARTIAL

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  • Description
    MARTIAL; [KILLIGREW, Henry (translator)].
    Epigrams of Martial, Englished.
    With some other pieces, ancient and modern [bound with] A book of new epigrams. BY the same hand that translated Martial.

    Stock Code 114285
    London, Printed for Henry Bonwicke at the Red Lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1695

    Current price$1,021.00
    The thoughts of a Roman poet. The most complete seventeenth-century translation of Martial's Epigrams into English, bound with the first edition of Killigrew's (1613-1700) New Epigrams in the same style. This edition substantially expands upon the first Killigrew translation published in 1689, being about half as long again.

    The Epigrams were composed between AD 86 and 103 during the reigns of the Emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. They remain an important source of the spectacle and brutality of daily life in imperial Rome.

    Two works bound in 1; first work second edition, second work first edition; 8vo (19.5 x 12.5 cm); engraved frontispiece, repaired to verso, divisional title, f. of ads to rear, ownership inscription in pen to title, obscured, later annotations in pencil and occasionally in pen, slight spotting, a little browned; modern half-calf, marbled baords, spine lettered in gilt, very good; [14], 96, 93-316; 158, [2]pp.

    ESTC R20924 & R37511.
  • More Information
    Documentation: Documented elsewhere (similar item)
    Period: Pre 18th Century
    Creation Date: 1695
    Styles / Movements: Traditional
    Dealer Reference #: 114285
    Incollect Reference #: 772572
  • Dimensions
    W. 4.92 in; H. 7.68 in;
    W. 12.5 cm; H. 19.5 cm;
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