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

Accession number
PML 126089
Creator
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.
Published
Amsterdam : Printed for the Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.
Notes
Engraved frontispiece.
Title pages for v. 1 and 2 in black and red; initials, tail-pieces.
Latin text with English translations by John Dryden, Joseph Addison, Sir Samuel Garth, Arthur Mainwaring, William Congreve, John Rowe, Alexander Pope, John Gay, Laurence Eusden, Samuel Croxall, A.S. Catcott, Mr. Tate, Mr. Welsted, Mr. Ozell, the author of the preface, Sir Samuel Garth, and also Stephen Harvey [?], Stonestreet [?], and Vernon [?].
Each volume has separate signatures.
Includes index.
Description
2 v. ([28], 524, [4] p.) : ill. ; 46 cm (fol.)
Provenance
From the library of E. Clark Stillman.
Binding
Bound in 1; tan speckled calf by L. Broca.
Classification
Department