Title: Satiricon Liber
Title Record # 1196256
Author: Petronius
Date: 1669-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: thelatinlibrary.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: Latin
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Author: Petronius
Date: 1669-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: thelatinlibrary.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: Latin
Note: The original is estimated to have been written in the late first century A.D. The date listed here is the first complete publication, in Latin, of the novel.
"Many consider this to be the earliest extant novel of Western civilization." (Heritage Auctions)
Synopsis: Speculative fiction content includes chapter 48 (of 141) with the story of "Sibyl of Cumae, who because of her great age was suspended in a flask for eternity" along with supernatural stories about a werewolf (ch. 62) and witches (ch. 63). Chapters 125-141 include stories about witchcraft as well.
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Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Satiricon Liber | 1669-00-00 | Petronius | Joannes Blaeu |
[xxxiv]+ 558+ [42] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| Satiricon Liber | 1677-00-00 | Petronius | Adrianum Gaesbequium |
[22]+ 384+ 68+ [4]+ 62+ [2] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| Petronius: A Revised Latin Text of the Satyricon | 1910-00-00 | Petronius | Ralph Straus |
xv+ 303 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The Satyricon | 1934-00-00 | Petronius Arbiter | Book Collectors Association | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
258 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| The Satyricon | 1959-00-00 | Petronius Arbiter | Mentor | 192 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||||
| The Satyricon of Petronius | 1964-00-00 | Petronius | Limited Editions Club |
xxiii+ 246 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The Satyricon of Petronius | 1964-00-00 | Petronius | Heritage Press |
xxiii+ 246 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The Satyricon and the Fragments | 1965-00-00 | Petronius | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics #L159) | 4/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
204 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | |||
| Satiricón | 1991-00-00 | Petronius | Xunta de Galicia (Clásicos en galego #8) | 84-453-0386-4 | 379 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| The Satyricon | 2004-06-01 | Petronius | Project Gutenberg | 5225 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review [English] by Henry Eliot (2018) in The Penguin Classics Book