Lutrin: a mock-heroic poem. In six canto's, render'd into English verse. To which is prefixed some account of Boileau's writings, and this translation. By N. Rowe Esq

Boileau, Nicholas Despreaux

Edité par printed for R. Burrough and J. Baker, at the Sun and Moon in Cornhill, E. Sanger and E. Curll, at the Post-House at the Middle Temple-Gate, and at the Peacock without Temple-Bar, London, 1708

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Second edition in English and the first edition, first issue of this translation; 8vo, pp. [22], 122; uncut; engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht after Knight; contemporary if not original marbled paper wrappers which are quite torn and creased, with losses; the text block, with curls at the edges, is sound, and clean. Boileau was an influential critic of French poetry and The Lutrin, ostensibly the first mock-heroic poem, which concerns the quarrel between two ecclesiastical dignitaries about where to place a lectern in a chapel, is sometimes said to have given Alexander Pope a model for The Rape of the Lock. With an account of Boileau's writings, and a notice of this translation by Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718) and the translation itself by John Ozell. Foxon O-282.

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• Titre: Lutrin: a mock-heroic poem. In six canto's, render'd into English verse. To which is prefixed some account of Boileau's writings, and this translation. By N. Rowe Esq
• Éditeur: printed for R. Burrough and J. Baker, at the Sun and Moon in Cornhill, E. Sanger and E. Curll, at the Post-House at the Middle Temple-Gate, and at the Peacock without Temple-Bar, London
• Date de parution: 1708
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • English Literature
  • Poetry