The Baviad and Maeviad / By William Gifford, Esquire. ; [Five lines of Latin verse].
| Author/creator | Gifford, William |
| Other author | Cliffton, William, 1772-1799. |
| Other author | Hoppner, John, 1758-1810, dedicatee. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | A new edition revised. |
| Publication Info | New-York : Printed by G. and R. Waite, for J.W. Fenno, 1800. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, xiv, 3 unnumbered pages, vi-xx, 2 unnumbered pages, 145 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37513. ^A478749 |
| General note | A satire on the Della Cruscans, English writers of pretentious and sentimental verse. |
| General note | Caption title: The Baviad, a paraphrastic imitation of the first satire of Persius. |
| General note | The poetical epistle is signed: C. Philadelphia, 13th May, 1799. Attributed to William Cliffton by Evans and Gaines. |
| General note | Dedicated to John Hoppner, Esq. R.A. |
| General note | 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. |
| References | Evans 37513 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | 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). |
| Genre/form | Satires. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1800. |
| Other title | Maeviad. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |