Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and English

Overview:

  • Title: Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and English
  • Author: Ovid
  • Year: 1732
  • Publisher: Wetsteins and Smith
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Omnibus
  • Title Reference: Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • Notes:
    • Two volumes. Each volume is printed in two columns, left column in Latin; right in English. Running header for the Latin column is "P. Ovidii Metamor-"; the running header for the English column is "P. Ovid's Metamor-".
    • Long title adds to the title above: "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."
    • Edited by the Abbot Banier. English translations by John Dryden, Joseph Addison, Sir Samuel Garth.
    • Engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, 124 engraved illustrations.
    • Data from Bloomsbury Auctions and from WorldCat.