Shelfmark
DDm.1.11
Author
Uniform title
[Metamorphoses. Latin & English]
Title
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. Adorn'd with sculptures, by B. Picart, and other able masters. Volume the first [- second]...
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amsterdam : Printed for the Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.
Physical description
2v. in 1 ([26], 524, [4]p, plates) : ill. ; Fo.
Note
Previously Gl.1.10.
Note
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, Stephen Harvey [?], Stonestreet [?], and Vernon [?].
Note
Preface by Sir Simon Garth.
Note
Half-title.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. note recording presentation to Eton College Library by Hastings B. Middleton, 1891.
Binding
18th century blind-stamped calf with red morocco spine.
Copy-specific note
Previously DDk.1.06.
Subject
Mythology, Classical Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B16908