The lyric works of Horace, [electronic resource] : translated into English verse: to which are added, a number of original poems. By a native of America. [Two lines of Latin quotation].
Horace.; Parke, John, 1754-1789, ed.; Washington, George, 1732-1799, dedicatee.; French, David, 1700-1742, tr.; Markoe, Peter, 1752?-1792, ill.; Malcolm, James Peller, 1767-1815, engraver.; Oswald, Eleazer, 1755-1795, printer.; Horace. Carmen saeculare.; Parke, John, 1754-1789. Virginia: a pastoral drama.; Doyle, Peter, bookseller.; Buglass, Caleb, 1740?-1797, binder.; Ball, Elisabeth, 1897-1982, donor.; Morris, Robert, 1734-1806, former owner.; Ingraham, Edward D. (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854, former owner.; Parke, John, 1754-1789, former owner.
1786
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The lyric works of Horace, [electronic resource] : translated into English verse: to which are added, a number of original poems. By a native of America. [Two lines of Latin quotation].
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Horace.
Publication Details
Philadelphia : Printed by Eleazer Oswald, at the Coffee-House, M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Language
English
Description
xli, [1], 334, [16] p., [1]leaf of plates : ill. ; 8⁰.
Note
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: p. 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."--p. [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."--p. [321]-344, with separate title page. By John Parke.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Dedicated to George Washington.
Errors in paging: p. 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."--p. [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."--p. [321]-344, with separate title page. By John Parke.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Evans, 19717
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 303
Sabin, 33005
English Short Title Catalog, W20708.
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 303
Sabin, 33005
English Short Title Catalog, W20708.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Parke, John, 1754-1789, ed.
Washington, George, 1732-1799, dedicatee.
French, David, 1700-1742, tr.
Markoe, Peter, 1752?-1792, ill.
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767-1815, engraver.
Oswald, Eleazer, 1755-1795, printer.
Horace. Carmen saeculare.
Parke, John, 1754-1789. Virginia: a pastoral drama.
Doyle, Peter, bookseller.
Buglass, Caleb, 1740?-1797, binder.
Ball, Elisabeth, 1897-1982, donor.
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806, former owner.
Ingraham, Edward D. (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854, former owner.
Parke, John, 1754-1789, former owner.
Washington, George, 1732-1799, dedicatee.
French, David, 1700-1742, tr.
Markoe, Peter, 1752?-1792, ill.
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767-1815, engraver.
Oswald, Eleazer, 1755-1795, printer.
Horace. Carmen saeculare.
Parke, John, 1754-1789. Virginia: a pastoral drama.
Doyle, Peter, bookseller.
Buglass, Caleb, 1740?-1797, binder.
Ball, Elisabeth, 1897-1982, donor.
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806, former owner.
Ingraham, Edward D. (Edward Duncan), 1793-1854, former owner.
Parke, John, 1754-1789, former owner.
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