Shelfmark
Id2.1.18
Author
Uniform title
[Works. English]
Title
The satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis : and of Aulus Persius Flaccus / Translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden, and several other eminent hands. To which is prefix'd a discourse concerning the original and progress of satyr.
Edition
The fifth edition, adorn'd with sculptures.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for J. Tonson, 1726.
Physical description
cxii, 296 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 16 cm., 12mo.
Note
Persius's 'Satyrs' has a separate title-page but pagination continuous.
Citation/references note
ESTC T123528.
Provenance
Bookplate of John Gribbel, St. Austell Hall.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "My father [Robert Browning Senior] read the whole of the Dedicatory Preface aloud to me, as we took a walk together up Nunhead Hill, Surrey, when I was a boy. Robert Browning, June 4. '73."
Binding
18th century panelled brown calf with blind stamped decoration and gilt lettering on spine.
Copy-specific note
Ms. annotations throughout text and on front pastedown in pencil and ink in Robert Browning Senior's hand ; ms. annotation on p. 119 ?in Robert Browning Junior's hand.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Tonson, Jacob, 1656? - 1736 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert, 1782 - 1866 former owner.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert, 1812 - 1889 former owner.
Added entry--name
Gribbel, John, 1858 - 1936 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Link
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO?c=1&stp=Author&ste=11&af=BN&ae=T123528&tiPG=1&dd=0&dc=flc&docNum=CW115922106&vrsn=1.0&srchtp=a&d4=0.33&n=10&SU=0LRK&locID=oxford Full text online
Identifier
B30373