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The Baviad and Maeviad
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Title
The Baviad and Maeviad, [electronic resource] / By William Gifford, Esquire. ; [Five lines of Latin verse]
Edition
A new edition revised.
Published
New-York: : Printed by G. and R. Waite, for J.W. Fenno., 1800.
Physical Description
[2], xiv, [3], vi-xx, [2], 145, [1] p. ; 18 cm. (12mo)
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Notes
A satire on the Della Cruscans, English writers of pretentious and sentimental verse.
Caption title: The Baviad, a paraphrastic imitation of the first satire of Persius.
The poetical epistle is signed: C. Philadelphia, 13th May, 1799. Attributed to William Cliffton by Evans and Gaines.
Dedicated to John Hoppner, Esq. R.A.
Reissue, with cancel title page and added preface, of sheets of the edition printed at Philadelphia in 1799 (Evans 35546). Also issued, together with Gifford's 'Epistle to Peter Pindar' (Evans 37514) as the Works of William Gifford (Evans 37515). Some copies have half-title: Works of William Gifford, Esquire. Vol. I.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37513).
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Variant and related titles
Maeviad.
Other formats
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English; Latin
Added to Catalog
April 18, 2006
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 37513
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires.
Poems - 1800.
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United States New York New York.
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
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