157 Facetiae. The Satyricon; or, Trebly Voluptuous. By Titus Petronius Arbiter, Minister of Pleasure to the Emperor Nero. Unexpurgated. 12mo. New York, 1866. $5.00
Scarce. The Satyricon shows more plainly than any other book, how abominably depraved human nature has become under the Social System that has been experimented with ever since the human race begun.
158 Facetiae. A Satyrical Dialogue; or, A Sharplye—Invective Conference between Alexander the Great and that truly woman-hater, Diogenes. [By Williams Goddard.] Edited by John S. Farmer. Small 4to. half leather (broken.) London: Privately printed for subscribers only, 1897. Very scarce, only one copy of the original (1615) being known (that in the British Museum). $12.50
Imprinted in the Lowcountryes for all such gentlewomen as are not altogether idle nor yet well.
To the Vertuous, beauteous; to the all-illustrious and most puissant creatures of the Earth, Women. William Goddard, sole desirer of your goddess-like virtues (with all reverence to your Angelical sex), commends to your protection this unlearned Dialogue.
159 Facetiae. Boccaccio's Decameron. Faithfully translated by J. M. Rigg. Exquisitely illustrated by Louis Chalon. 2 vols. Small 4to. beautifully bound in green rippled silk, uncut. London: Privately printed. $22.50
Edition de Luxe, of which only a limited number were printed entirely on Japanese vellum paper.
This being the latest and best translation (no passages being omitted), makes it the most desirable edition, printed in beautiful clear type.
160 Facetiae. The Comedies of Publius Terentius Afer. Translated into English, with Introduction, Bibliography and Brief Notes. The original Latin, with translation on opposite page. 2 vols. 8vo. boards, vellum back, uncut. Privately printed for the Roman Society, 1900. $12.50