Kisses, being a poetical translation of the Basia of Joannes Secundus Nicolä&ıus; accompanied with the Latin text: to which is prefixt an essay on the life, and writings of Secundus. Ornamented with an entire new frontispiece representing the Origin of Kisses, and a Portrait of Secundus from a Painting by Scorellius.

  • Secundus, Johannes, 1511-1536.
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M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]
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Basia. English & Latin

Publication/Creation

London : printed by T. Davies , in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, Bookseller to the Royal Academy ; and sold by J. Bew, in Paternoster-Row, M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]

Physical description

276,[2]p.,plate : port. ; 80.

Edition

The second edition, with additions.

References note

ESTC N4805

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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