The plague of Athens : which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre. First describ'd in Greek by Thucydides; then in Latin by Lucretius; now attempted in English, after incomparable Dr. Cowley's pindarick way, by Tho: Sprat.

  • Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713
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1659
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London : Printed by T. Childe, and L. Parry, for Henry Brome, at the Gun in Ivy-lane, 1659.

Physical description

4 unnumbered pages, 4, 22 pages, 2 unnumbered pages

References note

Wing (2nd ed.) S5039.
Thomason E.770[4].

Notes

In verse.
"Thucydides lib. 2, as it is excellently translated by Mr. Hobbs", A3-4.
With a final advertisement leaf.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "October. 25.".
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 118:E770[4]) s1999 miun s

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