Author: CICERO. CATHERALL (Samuel):
Title: Cato Major. A Poem. Upon the Model of Tully's Essay of Old age.
Description: Liverpool: Printed and Sold by J. Sadler..., 1755. 8vo, 223 x 132 mms., pp. x, 11 - 96, uncut, recently recased in quarter calf, red morocco label, plain boards. A very good copy. This poem by Samuel Catherall (?1661 - 1723) was published in 1725, probably printed by Samuel Richardson. Little seems to be known about him, though he was probably a churchman of some sort. He published a sermon on the death of the Right Honourable the Lady Viscountess Dowager Cholmondeley in 1692 as well as a poem about the end of the world entitled, An Essay on the Conflagration in 1720. ESTC locates four copies: BL, Liverpool Central, Liverpool University, University of Otago Central Library; Copac adds several more UK libraries.

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