Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1

book is a mere play on words, concerning a little volume containing the

works of Virgil, and which had his portrait prefixed to it. The volume and the characters must have been very diminutive.

_Quam brevis immensum cepit membrana Maronem! Ipsius Vultus prima tabella gerit._

Martial is not the only writer who takes notice of the ancients prefixing portraits to the works ...