The Baviad and Maeviad
By: By William Gifford, Esquire. ; [Five lines of Latin verse]
Edition: A new edition revised.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 37513
Publisher: Printed by G. and R. Waite, for J.W. Fenno.
Published: 1800
Place of publication: New-York
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.

Reissue, with cancel title page and added preface, of sheets of the edition printed at Philadelphia in 1799 (Evans 35546). Also issued, together with Gifford's 'Epistle to Peter Pindar' (Evans 37514) as the Works of William Gifford (Evans 37515). Some copies have half-title: Works of William Gifford, Esquire. Vol. I.

Signatures: pi⁸ A⁶(-A1) B-O⁶ (O6 verso blank; K3 missigned H2). First 8 leaves are wove paper.

Evans 37513