Roman Stories: or The history of the seven wise masters of Rome […]. New York: printed for Benjamin Gomez, 1795

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General Information
Reference Number EnglishPrint44
Page/Folio range
Total number of pages 144
Format 18°, [A]¹² B⁶ C-H¹²⁻⁶ ([A]1 recto blank)
Textual Relationships
Translated/adapted from (Version/text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Schlusemann (2023b), ESTC W21633
Digital Resources & Modern References
Digitisation
Modern Edition
Modern research literature Schlusemann (2023)
Catalogue ESTC W21633: https://datb.cerl.org/estc/W21633
Copies
Has LibraryHas ShelfmarkHas Note
Cambridge MA, Harvard University Library (Houghton Library)Acc.no. *57J-1339(verified copy, see ESTC)
Cambridge MA, Harvard University Library (Houghton Library)
  • 57J-1339
(verified copy, see ESTC)
Hartford CT, Trinity College, Watkinson LibraryWatk.PR975.R58ESTC: "-p.7-8; p.1-14 mutil." (verified copy, see ESTC)
Philadelphia, Library Company of PhiladelphiaAm 1795 Seven 114102.D (Zinman)(verified copy, see ESTC)
Princeton, University LibraryHamilton 164 small(verified copy, see ESTC)
Washington D.C., United States Library of CongressPZ6 .S465 1795 Carson Coll
  • from the Marian S. Carson collection
  • (verified copy, see ESTC)
Worcester MA, American Antiquarian SocietyDated Books
  • wanting pages 11-14, 29-32, 65-68, 81-88, and 119-122
  • pages 25-28 and 33-36 are incorrectly bound
  • link to catalogue entry: AAS Catalog Record
Language Information
Language of text English
Regional or specific language of text
Source for regional or specific language of text
Prose or verse
Note
  • 34th edition
  • full title - took from ESTC W21633 - does not mention women and instead uses the neutral "councillors"; it also teases the potential reader with "many pretty pictures, lively expressing each history": Roman stories: or The 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 councillors is discovered innocency cleared, and the wisdom of seven wise philosophers displayed. Newly corrected and better explain'd, and enlarg'd. Adorned with many pretty pictures, lively expressing each history. For this, see also Roman Stories: or, The history of the seven wise masters of Rome . London: James Hollis, 1785–1792
  • (signatures and copy information according to ESTC entry)


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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 […]
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Language Group within Version English Version H
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version English Prints (H)
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Printing Details
Name of printer
Printed for Benjamin Gomez
Name of author
Place of printing New York, NY, USA
Date of Printing 1795
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Illustrations Yes
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