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Petronius Arbiter, Titus
(14-66)The Satyrical Works of Titus Petronius Arbiter, in prose and verse.

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Auktionsdatum 17.4.2024

Petronius Arbiter, Titus. Satyrical works, in prose and verse. In three parts. Together with his life and character. 10 Bl., XVI Bl., 288 S. Mit Frontispiz und 7 Kupfertafeln. 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Kalbsleder mit goldgeprägtem RTitel (etwas bestoßen). London, Samuel Briscoe, 1708.
Lowndes III, 1843. – Erste Ausgabe. "I shall come to the main point of this praeludium, which is, to remove some reflections on the original; and to give some few remarks upon its author. There are some people that are prepossess’d with a prejudice against the works of Petronius Arbiter from a sort of traditional calumny, that the devotees have rais’d against him...We have nothing to fear from any charge on the defect of his wit, and the purity of his stile, his fame for that is but too well establish’d all Europe over, and his party every where too numerous to apprehend an attaque from that side, for I may venture to assert, that Petronius is not much less admir’d now , than he was in ancient rome" (Vorwort). – Mit Exlibris auf dem Innenspiegel. Stellenweise gebräunt und etwas fleckig.