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Great Britain
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Reference IDs
ESTC number: R31548
Macdonald, H. Dryden: 30c
Wing number: J1290
Folger call number: J1289A
Folger holdings ID: 135975
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Bibliographic format
octavo
General notes
Mostly in verse Dryden translated Satires I, III, VI, X, and XVI of Juvenal and all of Persius. He also chose his fellow translators, who included Nahum Tate and William Congreve, among others. Cf. Macdonald, Hugh. John Dryden, 30a Plates are signed "MBurghers sculp." and "M Vander Gucht sculp." "The satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's Head in Fleet-street" (and with no bookseller named) on 2H4r; pagination and register are continuous The satires of Juvenal and of Persius each have divisional title page A reissue, with cancel title page, of the second edition (Wing J1289) Text continuous despite pagination Identified as Wing J1289 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 1012 Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1012:19, 1444:27)
Item information about Folger J1289A
Provenance: initials "J.P.", 1741
Also known as
Extended title: The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. : Translated into English verse. By Mr. Dryden, and several other eminent hands. Together with the satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden. With explanatory notes at the end of each satire. To which is prefix'd, a discourse concerning the original and progress of satire. Dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Dorset, &c. By Mr. Dryden. Adorn'd with sculptures
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associated with: Dryden, John, 1631-1700
associated with: Congreve, William, 1670-1729
associated with: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715
printmaker: Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727
printmaker: Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725