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Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists

Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In ten books.

Also known as Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In ten books

by Joseph Spence

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  • 18th century
  • Languages: English, Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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vi, 361, [1] p., [1], XLI leaves of plates (4 double-page) : 44 cm (fol.) First published 1747 by R. Dodsley. See ESTC. List of subscribers and stanzas VII-XIV of "The choice of Hercules" (p. 157-9 in 1st ed.) have been omitted, and the satirical tail-piece on p. 291 depicting provost of Eton and pupils replaced by another Frontispiece port. of author etched by George Vertue after a painting by Isaac Whood. Plates and tail-pieces by Louis-Philippe Boitard, two of the plates after Camillo Paderni Signatures: pi1 A-2R² 2S²(-2S2) 2T-4Z². Leaf 2S2 lacking, with discontinuity of text, but paging continuous Includes bibliographical footnotes, many in Latin, and indexes

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Mythology” in the subject metadata.

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  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

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being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another : in ten books

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1755-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-MallEnglish, Latin—Public digitized item

Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In ten books.

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1747London : Printed for R. Dodsley; Printed for R. Dodsley ...English—No ebook

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
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  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
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