The art of canvassing at elections, perfect in all respects; and highly necessary to be understood by the electors, no less than by the candidates: written near two thousand years ago, for the use of the greatest scholar, and most consummate States-Man then in the World; And now Publish'd in the English tongue, against the ensuing Election of Parliament.
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- The art of canvassing at elections, perfect in all respects; and highly necessary to be understood by the electors, no less than by the candidates: written near two thousand years ago, for the use of the greatest scholar, and most consummate States-Man then in the World; And now Publish'd in the English tongue, against the ensuing Election of Parliament.
- De petitione consulatus. English
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London: printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, [1714]
- Publication year
- 1714-1714
- ESTC No.
- T82001
- Grub Street ID
- 302623
- Description
- viii,40p. ; 8⁰
- Note
- Attributed to Quintus Cicero.
"Though certainty is not possible, a strong case has been made out for believing that neither Quintus [Cicero] nor, indeed, a contemporary wrote the Commentariolum petitionis" (Oxford Classical Dictionary).
Price from imprint: Price 6 d.