THE WORKS OF PETRONIUS ARBITER, IN PROSE AND VERSE. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN, BY MR. [JOSEPH] ADDISON. TO WHICH IS PREFIX'D THE LIFE OF PETRONIUS, DONE FROM THE LATIN: AND A CHARACTER OF HIS WRITINGS BY MONSIEUR ST. EVREMONT ..

London: Printed for J. Watts; and Sold by J. Osborne at the Golden-Ball in Paternoster-Row, 1736. 12mo, pp. [1-10] [1] 2-14 [1-10] [1] 2-305 [306: blank] [307-311: "fragments"] [312: blank], engraved frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, full eighteenth-century tree calf, spine panel tooled in gold, black leather title label on spine panel. First edition of this translation. "A translation which preserves all the spirit of the original." - Lowndes, p. 1843. ESTC electronic catalogue T101492. Armorial bookplate of Henry W. Williams affixed to front paste-down. Corners worn, shallow loss at crown of spine, a pleasing copy overall. (#110190) (Inventory #: 110190)