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
EditionA new edition revised.
Publication InfoNew-York : Printed by G. and R. Waite, for J.W. Fenno, 1800.
Description2 unnumbered pages, xiv, 3 unnumbered pages, vi-xx, 2 unnumbered pages, 145 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm (12mo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 37513. ^A478749
General noteA satire on the Della Cruscans, English writers of pretentious and sentimental verse.
General noteCaption title: The Baviad, a paraphrastic imitation of the first satire of Persius.
General noteThe poetical epistle is signed: C. Philadelphia, 13th May, 1799. Attributed to William Cliffton by Evans and Gaines.
General noteDedicated to John Hoppner, Esq. R.A.
General noteReissue, 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 formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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/formSatires.
Genre/formPoems 1800.
Other titleMaeviad.

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