(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT) [Parke John] The Lyric Works of Hor

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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) [Parke, John.] The Lyric Works of Horace, Translated into English Verse. Frontispiece plate. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, joints split; moderate foxing; original owner's signature on title page and dedication page. Philadelphia: Eleazer Oswald, 1786

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first american translation. "This is perhaps the rarest and oddest of all the American books of poetry'--Stevens sale 1513. "The translations are in rhymed verse, and paraphrased by the substitution of American public characters for the Roman worthies to whom Horace addressed his Odes"--Evans 19717. It is prefaced by a four-page dedication to Washington, and ends with "Virginia: A Pastoral Drama, on the Birth-Day of an Illustrious Personage and the Return of Peace, February 11th, 1784," which is often cited as the first commemoration of Washington's birthday. The 16-page subscription list includes Lafayette, Generals Wayne, Wilkinson, and Gates, and the original owner of this copy, future congressman John Whitehill of Lancaster County, PA. Sabin 33005. Only one other copy known at auction since 1978.