Author: 1713. JUVENALIS, Decius Junius, & Aulus Persius FLACCUS
Title: The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden, and other eminent hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made into English by Mr. Dryden. With explanatoy notes at the end of each satire. To which is prefix'd a discourse concerning the original and progress of satire. Dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Dorset, by Mr. Dryden.
Description: London, Jacob Tonson, 1713. clxii [misnumbered; i.e. cxlii, 2], 372 p. Frontispiece, 22 plates (one for each poem) and 2 portraits. Separate title page for Persius's 'Satyrs'. Contemporary calf, a bit rubbed, corners worn, hinges starting. Some foxing and browning. With inscriptions: page numbers pointing to marked passages, and two owners' signatures, of Henry Blackwall and Daniel Astle[y]. Complete translation of the satires of Juvenal and Persius with notes at the end, by several authors, first published in 1693. Adorned with plates. This is a nice and compact little volume that you could carry in your breast pocket, getting you good smirks when traveling. These 'Satyrs' do not conceal anything, but tell everything with simple fun. Ownership inscriptions of Henry Blackwall (1699-1728), who is known as an alumnus in Cambridge, 1717. And Daniel Astle[y], 1777 and 1778 of the 46th Regt. At that time this regiment (in full: 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot) was seeing action in the British Philadelphia Campaign during the American War of Independence.

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