03023cam a2200601 a 4500102694734MiAaHDL20200203000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua850314s1755 enkacf b 001 0 eng d70156sdr-ia-cmalg9924261860001551(OCoLC)23632332(CMalG)70156-gettydb-Voyager7015685-B5725CtY-BACtY-BAJPGdcrmbenglatSpence, Joseph,1699-1768.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.Enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poetsThe second edition /corrected by the author.London :Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall,MDCCLV [1755]vi, 361, [1] p., [1], XLI leaves of plates (4 double-page) :ill., port. (etching & engraving) ;44 cm (fol.)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.Includes bibliographical footnotes, many in Latin, and indexes.ESTCT130824Mode of access: Internet.Getty copy retains printed labels of Herbert Arthur Evans and Ulrich Middeldorf.Mounted at back of Getty copy is sheet from The Times for January 31, 1867 with review of C.W. King's Handbook of engraved gems (Bell and Daldy, 1866).Binding: modern marbled paper, backed in calfskin, author & title on spine in gilt.Latin literatureHistory and criticism.Gods in art.Mythology, Roman, in art.Art, Roman.EngravingsEngland18th century.aatEtchingsEngland18th century.aatVertue, George,1684-1756.Whood, Isaac,1688 or 1689-1752.Paderni, Camillo,-approximately 1770.Boitard, Louis-Philippe,active 1733-1770.R. and J. Dodsley.EnglandLondon.10269473420170410093645.020200203000000.020200203090518.02020-02-05T20:05:22Z2020-02-05T19:00:02ZSDR-IA-CMALGEX LIBRIS - ALMAprepare.pl-004-008BKsdr-ia-cmalg9924261860001551griSDRGRIgri.ark:/13960/t25b8jp2xCMALG9924261860001551ia.gri_33125008731602ia.gri_33125008731602CMALGGRI20200205gettygri.ark:/13960/t25b8jp2x1755pdbibnon-US bib date1 < 1901