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.
Contributors: Cliffton, William, 1772-1799.; Hoppner, John, 1758-1810, dedicatee.
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
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Persius. -- Parodies, travesties, etc.; Della Cruscans (English writers); English literature -- Anecdotes.; Latin literature -- Anecdotes.
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.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 35546)