Muscipula sive cambromyomachia: the mouse-trap, or the battle of the Welsh and the mice; in Latin and English: with other poems, in different languages. By an American
New York: M. W. Dodd, [1840]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 96; original brown cloth, stripe-grained, decorative blind-stamping; gilt lettering on front cover; spine extremities chipped down to textblock, mid-spine a bit chipped; corners scuffed; otherwise very good. A collection of Greek, Latin, and French poems with corresponding English translations for the use of education. The poem Muscipula sive cambromyomachia was written anonymously by the neo-Latin poet Edward Holdsworth (1864-1746) and first published in London in 1709. Other poems in the volume were composed by the American essayist Benjamin Young Prime (1733-1791). Item #56065
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