Roman stories: or, The history of the seven wise masters of Rome. London: printed for and sold by W. Clements, J. Sadler, and J. Eves, 1792

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General Information

Reference Number

EnglishPrint40

Total number of pages

96

Format

8°

Textual Relationships

Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition

Schlusemann (2023b)

Digital Resources & Modern References

Digitisation

Gale: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CW0113304128/ECCO?u=fub&sid=gale marc&xid=0672a56b&pg=14 (Gale: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CW0113304128/ECCO?u=fub&sid=gale_marc&xid=0672a56b&pg=14)

Modern research literature

Schlusemann (2023)

Catalogue

ESTC T120656: https://datb.cerl.org/estc/T120656

Copies

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Language Information

Language of text

English

Prose or verse

Prose

Note

• 50th Edition
• full title (took from ESTC T120656) does not mention women. Instead, the neutral "Counsellors" is used: Roman stories: or, th[e] history of the seven wise masters of Rome: containing seven days entertainment, In Many Pleasant and Witty Tales, or Stories. Wherein The Treachery of evil Counsellors is discovered, Innocence cleared, and the Wisdom of the Seven Wife Philosophers displayed. Newly corrected, better explained, and enlarged. Also see Roman Stories: or, The history of the seven wise masters of Rome . London: James Hollis, 1785–1792

[Added by ...; Further information and notes by Elisabeth Böttcher

Titles & Classification

Standardised title of narrative

The History of the Seven Wise Masters of Rome

Incipit or textual title

Roman stories: or, The history of the seven wise masters of Rome […]

Version (siglum)

H (Historia Septem Sapientum)

Language Group within Version

English Version H

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

English Prints (H)

Printing Details

Printed for

W. Clements, J. Sadler, J. Eves

Place of printing

London, UK

Date of Printing

1792

Physical Characteristics

Illustrations

No

Embedded Stories

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