Kisses, a poetical translation of the Basia of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius. With the original Latin, and an Essay on his life and writings. The fourth edition, with additions, and the Epithalamium newly translated [...].

8vo: [6]-iv-252-[1] pp. (minor soiling).

Contemp. leather (worn, covers loose). Good copy.

Translation of the famous Renaissance "Basia" ("Kisses") by John Nott (1751-1825). Engr. front. by F. Bartolozzi after Mortimer, engr. title (oval portrait of Secundus with medal) by Bartolozzi.
Ref. ESTC T125350. - Not in Oberlé.
Joined, 4 other English and French ed. and/or transl.: 1. Baisers et Élégies de Jean Second [...] traduits en vers français, suivis de quelques Baisers inédits, par Pierre-François Tissot. Paris, Fain & A.-G. Debray, Sept. 1806. Ref. Oberlé 230. - 2. Kisses, being a poetical translation of the Basia of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius. With the original Latin text. To which is prefixed an Essay on his life and writings. London, J.D. Dewick for R. Thurgood, 1803.(title missing). Contemp. half leather. - 3. The Basia […] to which is added the Epithalamium, with the English version of George Ogle […] [ed. by Wallace Rice]. [Chicago], Colonial Press, 1901. - 4. Les Baisers et l’Épithalame, suivis des Odes et des Élégies; traduction nouvelle […] de Maurice Rat. Paris, Garnier, 1938. (5 vol.)