Three dissertations
Subtitle: one on the characters of Augustus, Horace and Agrippa, with a comparison between his two ministers, Agrippa and Maecenas
By: by the Abbé de Vertot. to which is added, some reflections on the characters of Augustus, Maecenas and Horace, and on the works of Horace, by the Earl of Shaftsbury. With a print from a ancient painting, representing Augustus, Agrippa, Maecenas and Horace. Another on the gallery of Verres, by the Abbé Fraguier, in which many excellent pieces of ancient statuary, sculpture and painting are described. A third on the nature, origin and use of masks, in theatrical representations among the ancients, by Mr. Boindin. With a print from a fine antique bas-relief, lately discover'd at Rome, representing ancient actors in their masks, with a musician playing on the double tibia
Publisher: Printed for R. Dodsley
Published: 1740
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Notes: Dedication signed: George Turnbull.

Page xxiii incorrectly numbered xv.