Oxoniæ [Oxford]: e theatro Sheldoniano, MDCCXLV [1745]. First Edition thus. Quarter-Calf. Two works bound in one, each with half-title and title page, registration, and pagination. Text in Latin (an English translation, in octavo, appeared in 1774). 4to: [12],138,[4]; [4],164pp, with 16 plates (including seven folding and one double-page) and four..... more

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: apud H. Westenium, 1692 [roman numerals with apostrophus]. Early Reprint. Full Calf. So-called second edition of "by far the most critical edition of Florus that appeared in the seventeenth century." (Dibdin) Edited by the German classical scholar Johann Georg Graevius, with extensive notes by the French classical scholar..... more

London: printed for James Fletcher in the Turl, Oxford; and sold by J. and J. Rivington in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLI. [1751]. Stiff Wrappers. First (and only) Edition of this rare and curious treatise on scatology, with numerous references from classical sources illustrating various cultural attitudes toward "lavatorial behaviour." The..... more