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Q. Horatius Flaccus: his Art of poetry. Englished by Ben: Jonson. With other workes of the author, never printed before

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Type of record: Book

Title: Q. Horatius Flaccus: his Art of poetry. Englished by Ben: Jonson. With other workes of the author, never printed before

Other titles: Ars poetica; Ben: Ionson's execration against Vulcan; Masque of the gypsies; Epigrams to severall noble personages in this kingdome

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Classmark: BC Safe/HOR

Creator(s): Horace

Additional creator(s): Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637) (Other); Marshall, William (fl. 1617-1650) (Other)

Related people: Jonson, Ben; Marshall, William

Publisher: printed by I. Okes, for Iohn Benson [and Andrew Crooke]

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1640

Language: English

Size and medium: [24], 82, 69-104, [4], 95-138, [1] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/311213

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991005813729705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

A translation of Horace's "Ars poetica".


With an additional title page, engraved, signed "W.M. sculpsit" (i.e. William Marshall), with imprint "London. Printed for John Benson. 1640". Variant 1: this imprint reads "London. Printed for J. Benson and are sold by W. Ley at Paules-Chayne. 1640".


"Ben: Ionson's execration against Vulcan", "The masque of the gypsies", and "Epigrams to severall noble personages in this kingdome" each have separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. "Vulcan" and "Epigrams" are reprinted from "Ben: Jonsons execration against Vulcan", 1640. "The masque of the gypsies" begins its main text with the heading: The gypsies metamorphos'd.


The first leaf and the last leaf are blank; the second bears an imprimatur.


D6-10 and E5-11 are cancelled by gatherings d¹1²2 and e¹1²2 respectively. Variant 2: cancellanda present.


"The masque" identified as STC 14777a, and "Epigrams" as STC 14765, on UMI microfilm reel 757 (British Library copy).


Indexed in: STC (2nd ed.), 13798.


Indexed in: Greg, II, 585(a) (and cf. his work 'Jonson's Masque of the gipsies, 1952, pp.3-10), i.e. first edition, second state, but first published, as the first state was never issued.


Indexed in: Pforzheimer, 548.

Additional description

Wanting [3] pages before F1. Additional title-page, engraved has imprint: London. Printed for John Benson. 1640 . Cancellanda of D6-10 and E5-11 are not present. Blank leaves corresponding to the blank A1 and G12 are present, but the latter may be unoriginal and the former is probably so (number of chain-lines). In red morocco binding by Riviere. With stamp of Vernon J. Watney

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