The Satires Of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated Into English Verse By Mr. Dryden, And Several Other Eminent Hands. Together With The Satires Of Aulus Persius Flaccus Juvenal, Perseua, Dryden Pre-1800 Printing

Juvenal, Perseua, Dryden. The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden, and Several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus London, Printed for Jacob Tonson M DC XCIII. First Dryden edition, large paper copy. Folio, (39 x 25 cm). [4], xxxix [i.e. liii], [3], 315, [1]; [4], 87 pages. Two parts in 1 volume. Contemporary calf; gilt-lettered spine-label. Spine and label appear original since there is no “1693” at the bottom of spine. Front joint split but holding. Rear board re-attached. Some spots of wear on front board. Large ornate bookplate of James Bertle with printed date 1702 on verso of front board. Clean white paper. Macdonald 30a. Eleven of the sixteen Satires of Juvenal are translated by writers other than Dryden, including Congreve, the poet laureate Nahum Tate, and two of Dryden’s sons. The translations are generally in iambic pentameter couplets, mixed sometime with triplets. Dryden’s fifty-three-page dedication is a pretty interesting essay on the history of satire, poetic style, and poetry in general.