Shelfmark
Bf.7.12
Author
Uniform title
[Satyricon]
Title
Titi Petronii Arbitri, equitis Romani, satyricon: cum fragmentis Albæ Græcæ recuperatis ann. 1688. nunc demum integrum.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini [i.e., Rotterdam] : Typis A. & J. Churchill, 1693.
Physical description
[18], 280p ; 12mo.
Note
Actually printed in Rotterdam (Wing). Device of Reinier Leers on title-page; some copies of the edition were provided with a title-page with the names of A. & J. Churchill for the London market.
Note
The fragments purported to have been found at Belgrade and printed in italics in this edition are a forgery by François Nodot. His letter to François Charpentier, president of the French Academy, announcing his "discovery" of the fragments, is printed on *3v-*6v.
Note
Signatures: *¹⁰(-*10) A-L¹² M⁶ N².
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), P1880
Citation/references note
ESTC, R8071
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Topham stamp; bequeathed to Eton by Richard Topham in 1736.
Binding
17th century calf.
Subject
Satire, Latin Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--name
Leers, Reinier, 1654 - 1714 printer.
Added entry--name
A. & J. Churchill bookseller.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Rotterdam.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B12443