1751 The Satires of Persius

Description

Early Edition, Leather Binding, Scarce

Scarce second edition. 

Bound in a contemporary full calf binding. 

This is a collection of the six satires from the Roman poet Persius, translated into English verse 'with some occasional notes'. 

Contents include an advertisement to the front of the work, explaining the origins of this particular translation, as well as a brief 'Life of Persius' by Mr. Bayle. 

The satires of Persius are composed in hexameters, and talk about literary tastes of the day, national morals, and 'the question as to what we may justly ask of the gods'. 

This work was published anonymously, but the translation has been attributed back to Thomas Brewster (1705-?), an English doctor and translator. Brewster published this work while studying at Oxford, with the intention of seeing if the English public would appreciate the classical work. 

With a bookplate to front paste down belonging to Edward John Kenney (1924-2019), the British Latinist and expert on Ovid and Lucretius, as well as an institutional bookplate for the Cowper Museum. 

Collated, complete.