The impotent lover describ'd in six elegies on old-age. In imitation of Cornelius Gallus. With a satyr on our modern letchers; shewing the many new inventions they have to raise their lust, viz. flogging, &c. By the author of the Letters from a nun to a cavalier. In verse

People / Organizations

• Maximianus (Author)
• Thomas Warner ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for T. Warner: and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1718.

Publication year

1718

ESTC No.

N31615

Grub Street ID

20507

Description

viii,24,17-24,33-56,73-96p.,plate ; 8°.

Note

Text is continuous despite pagination

'The Latin [i.e. The impotent lover] is actually by Maximianus Etruscus" (Foxon)

'Letters from a nun to a cavalier' has been attributed to Marianna Alcoforado and G. J. de Lavergne; English translations have been attributed to Roger L'Estrange and Morgan Keene (Foxon)

Imprint variant of ESTC T182833.

Uncontrolled note

cf.Foxon I14. - For a discussion of the authorship of 'Letters from a nun to a cavalier' see Foxon, p.15, under Alcoforado; L287; and N157