Q. Horatius Flaccus: his Art of poetry. Englished by Ben: Jonson. With other workes of the author, never printed before

A translation of Horace's "Ars poetica".

With an additional title page, engraved, signed "W.M. sculpsit" (i.e. William Marshall), with imprint "London. Printed for John Benson. 1640". Variant 1: this imprint reads "London. Printed for J. Benson and are sold by W. Ley at Paules-Chayne. 1640".

"Ben: Ionson's execration against Vulcan", "The masque of the gypsies", and "Epigrams to severall noble personages in this kingdome" each have separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. "Vulcan" and "Epigrams" are reprinted from "Ben: Jonsons execration against Vulcan", 1640. "The masque of the gypsies" begins its main text with the heading: The gypsies metamorphos'd.

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank; the second bears an imprimatur.

D6-10 and E5-11 are cancelled by gatherings d¹1²2 and e¹1²2 respectively. Variant 2: cancellanda present.

"The masque" identified as STC 14777a, and "Epigrams" as STC 14765, on UMI microfilm reel 757 (British Library copy).

Indexed in: STC (2nd ed.), 13798.

Indexed in: Greg, II, 585(a) (and cf. his work 'Jonson's Masque of the gipsies, 1952, pp.3-10), i.e. first edition, second state, but first published, as the first state was never issued.

Indexed in: Pforzheimer, 548.