Polymetis, or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists :
being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another : in ten books /
by the Revd. Mr. Spence.

Description

Main Author

Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.

Related Names

Vertue, George, 1684-1756.
Whood, Isaac, 1688 or 1689-1752.
Paderni, Camillo, -approximately 1770.
Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770.
R. and J. Dodsley.

Language(s)

English ; Latin

Published

London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLV [1755]

Edition

The second edition /

Subjects

Latin literature > Latin literature / History and criticism.
Gods in art.
Mythology, Roman, in art.
Art, Roman.
Engravings > Engravings / England > Engravings / England / 18th century.
Etchings > Etchings / England > Etchings / England / 18th century.

Note

Signatures: pi1 A-2R² 2S²(-2S2) 2T-4Z². Leaf 2S2 lacking, with discontinuity of text, but paging continuous.
Frontispiece port. of author etched by George Vertue after a painting by Isaac Whood. Plates and tail-pieces by Louis-Philippe Boitard, two of the plates after Camillo Paderni.
First published 1747 by R. Dodsley. See ESTC. List of subscribers and stanzas VII-XIV of "The choice of Hercules" (p. 157-9 in 1st ed.) have been omitted, and the satirical tail-piece on p. 291 depicting provost of Eton and pupils replaced by another.

Physical Description

vi, 361, [1] p., [1], XLI leaves of plates (4 double-page) : ill., port. (etching & engraving) ; 44 cm (fol.)

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