Cato's moral distichs Englished in couplets

Contributor:

Cato, Dionysius (attributed name); Logan, James, 1674-1751 (translator); Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (printer)

Date:

1735

Language:

English

Provenance:

McAllister, John (autograph) (Curtis copy); Breintnall, George (former owner) (inscription) (Curtis copy)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; books

Physical Description:

vi, 7-23 pages, 1 unnumbered page; 18 cm (4to)

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Erroneously attributed to Dionysius Cato.; Translated by James Logan. See Miller.; Signatures: A-F².; Type ornament title ornament, head- and tail-pieces.; Errata on leaf F2v.; Curtis copy has dated 18th-century manuscript ownership inscription ("George Breintnall's 1757. June 20.") on front wrapper.; Curtis copy has early manuscript inscription ("Thou that borrows this Book Please to return it safe to the Owner") on inside front wrapper; dated 19th-century autograph ("John McAllister Jany 6. 1834") on inside front wrapper.; Curtis copy has dated 18th-century manuscript ownership inscription ("George Breintnall's 20th June,- 1757") on verso of title leaf; dated 19th-century autograph ("John McAllister Jany 6. 1834") on verso of title leaf.; English translation of: Catonis disticha.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Curtis Collection, 84

Collection:

Curtis Collection of Franklin Imprints (University of Pennsylvania)