The Baviad, and Maeviad
By: By William Gifford, Esquire. ; [Five lines of Latin verse] ; To which is prefixed, a poetical epistle to the author, by an American gentleman
Edition: A new edition revised.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 35546
Publisher: London--printed-- Philadelphia: re-printed for William Cobbett.
Published: 1799
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Parodies, imitations; Della Cruscans (English writers); English literature; Anecdotes; Latin literature
Other titles: Maeviad.
Notes: A satire on the Della Cruscans, English writers of pretentious and sentimental verse.

Caption title: The Baviad, a paraphrastic imitation of the first satire of Persius.

The poetical epistle is signed: C. Philadelphia, 13th May, 1799. Attributed to William Cliffton by Evans and Gaines.

Dedicated to John Hoppner, Esq. R.A.

Gaines notes two states. In one (Gaines 124a), the imprint reads: London--printed-- Philadelphia: re-printed for William Cobbett. In the other (Gaines 124b), the imprint reads: Philadelphia: Printed for William Cobbett.

Signatures: A-O⁶ (O6 verso blank; K3 missigned H2).

Evans 35546

Gaines, P.W. Cobbett, 124a