The satyricon of Petronius Arbiter /
in the translation attributed to Oscar Wilde ; with an introduction by Oscar Wilde ; illustrations by Alexander King.

Description

Main Author

Petronius Arbiter

Related Names

King, Alexander, 1900-1965, illustrator.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, supposed translator,
Hogarth Press

Language(s)

English

Published

©1932
[New York] : Privately printed for the Hogarth Press, Inc., N.Y., [1932]

Subjects

Gay men in literature.
Satire, Latin.
Homosexuels masculins dans la littérature.
Gay men in literature.
Satire, Latin > Satire, Latin / Translations into English.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Rome / Fiction.
Erotic fiction.
Translations.
Fiction.
Erotic fiction.

Note

"Of this edition there have been printed, for subscribers only, 2500 numbered copies." This copy not numbered.
On spine: "100 illustrations by Alexander King."
Oscar Wilde attribution debated and possibly spurious.
Date of publication from record in Catalogue of copyright entries (pt. I, n.s, v. 29, 5287).
Copyright statement rubber stamped on verso of title-page.

Physical Description

408 pages,: illustrations ; 25 cm

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