Shelfmark
Fc.7.04
Author
Uniform title
[Heroides. English 1680]
Title
Ovid's epistles, translated by several hands.
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Ovid's epistle
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for Jacob Tonson at the sign of the Judges Head in Chancery Lane, near Fleet-Street, 1680.
Physical description
[24], 128, 139-234, 233-280p ; 19cm. (8vo.)
Note
With translations by: J. Dryden, Sir Carr Scrope, Edward Poley, James Wright, John Pulteney, Nahum Tate, Thomas Flatman, Aphra Amis Behn, Lord Mulgrave, Thomas Rymer, Elkanah Settle, Thomas Otway, John Caryll, Richard Duke, Samuel Butler, and others.
Note
The preface is signed: J. Dryden.
Note
With an engraved frontispiece (A1v).
Citation/references note
ESTC R6089; Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), O659; Macdonald, H. John Dryden, 11a; Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies, 165
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1962. 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 76:7).
Provenance
Book-label of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
17th century brown calf; double blind fillet to form a border; red spine label; spine title: "Ovid's epistle".
Copy-specific note
Previously: Fc.6.17.
Copy-specific note
Ms. notes signed "Hellen o'Donovan".
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Tonson, Jacob, 1656? - 1736 bookseller.
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Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
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Scroope, Carr, 1649 - 1680 Sir, Tr.
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Poley, Edward Tr.
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Buckingham, John Sheffield, 1648 - 1720 or 21 Duke of, Tr.
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England London.
Identifier
B10488