Juvenal, & Perseus

A new and literal translation of Juvenal and Persius; with copious explanatory notes, by which these difficult satirists are rendered easy and familiar to the reader. A new edition ... by the Rev. M[artin] Madan

Oxford: printed by N. Bliss, for R. Bliss, and R. Bliss, Jun. and sold by F. and C. Rivington; Cadell and Davies; W. Miller; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; and J. Harding, London, 1807. 8vo, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 369, [1]; [2], 399, [1], [16] index; original blue paper-covered boards, slightly later cream paper shelfback, original blue paper labels on spines; labels a little chipped and rubbed, corners lightly bumped, untrimmed, some foxing to lower endpapers, the rest of the textblock clean and bright, very good. Madan (1726-1790) was a barrister turned clergyman. He is now best known for his 1780 book Thelyphthora, in which he argues for the merits of polygamy. "The genuineness of Madan's intentions was transparent and it is said that his views were shared by others, among them his great-uncle, Lord Chancellor Cowper, but public opinion and especially the religious world thought differently" (DNB) The backlash of Thelyphthora's publication was significant, and included Anti-Thelyphthora by his first cousin, the poet William Cowper, which he published anonymously. The episode pushed Madan into retirement, and several years later, in 1789, he produced his first edition of Juvenal and Persius, which relied heavily on the Stirling translation of 1760. Item #66808

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