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Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and English, : tr. by the most eminent hands. With historical explications of the fables, / written in French by the Abbot Banier ... tr. into English. Adorned with sculptures, by B. Picart, and other able masters.

Accession number
PML 15491
Creator
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.
Published
Amsterdam : Printed for the Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.
Notes
"A reprint of the translation published by Sir Samuel Garth."
The English translations are by Dryden ... Gay, Congreve and Sir Samuel Garth.
The designers of the illustrations are B. Picart, P. Testa, J. de Wit, G. Maas, Jul. Romain, C. de Brun, S. la Clero. The engravers are Phil à Gunst (41), Peter Paul Bouche (1), Martin Bouche (5), Jan Schenck (1), J. Wandelaar (5), Jakob, Folkema (8), W. Jengman (1) Fred Bouttats (1).
Title vignette; t.p. in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials.
Latin verse and English translation in opposite columns.
Description
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 37 cm
Binding
3/4 dark brown morocco.
Classification
Department