B12443
Shelfmark
Bf.7.12
Author
Petronius Arbiter
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
Nodot, François
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, former owner.
Added entry--name
Leers, Reinier, printer.
Added entry--name
A. & J. Churchill, bookseller.
Added entry--place
Netherlands, Rotterdam.
Added entry--place
England, London.
B12443
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