Cato: Or, An Essay on Old-Age...With Remarks. de Cicero, Marcus Tullius - 1773.

London:: J. Dodsley,, 1773.. First Melmouth Edition.. 8vo. in 4s.. William Melmoth, trans. ¹2,a2,A-2R4. Old sheep, hinges cracked, small pieces lost from spine ends, first advertisement leaf with small clean tear to inner margin, corners opened, some foxing, a few old notes,large margins, good copy. Engraved port. of Cicero on t.p. Melmoth, William, the younger 1710-1799, author and commissioner of bankrupts..."he chiefly occupied himself in his retirement in translating Pliny and Cicero... In 1753 he published his translation of Cicero's 'Ad Familiares,' with a careful study of Cicero's character in the running comment. His next work¾a translation of the 'De Senectute' appeared in 1773." DNB."We are here presented with one of the finest remains of classical antiquity, in the most elegant form of the English language; and the copius remarks annexed to the essay...discover learning combined with taste, and sentiment with liberality; but such translations as this bring both our language and our learning in their debt." Monthly Review quoted by Moss. ESTCt138223. Moss I,358.