Ovid's Metamorphoses. / Translated by Dryden, Congreve, and other eminent persons...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.

Contributor:

Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719, editor.

Dryden, John, 1631-1700, translator.

Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719, translator.

Gay, John, 1685-1732, translator.

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, translator.

Congreve, William, 1670-1729, translator.

Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718, translator.

Eusden, Laurence, 1688-1730, translator.

Maynwaring, Arthur, 1668-1712, translator.

Croxall, Samuel, 1688 or 1689-1752.

Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715, translator.

Stonestreet, William, -1716, translator.

Harvey, Stephen, 1655-1707, translator.

Ozell, John, -1743, translator.

Stanyan, Temple, 1675-1752, translator.

Welsted, Leonard, 1688-1747, translator.

Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719, translator.

Calcott, Mr, translator.

Vernon, Edward, 1669?-1743, translator.

Seymour, Joseph H., engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 35546.

Standardized Title:

Metamorphoses. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Latin literature.

Genre:

Poems -- 1815.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 14 cm

Place of Publication:

New York: : Published by R. M'Dermut & D.D. Arden, no. 1 City-Hotel., 1815.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Vol. 1 contains books I-VIII; v. 2, books IX-XV.

Added engraved title page has title: Ovids Metamorphoses, translated into English verse; by various authors. Vol. I-[II].

Translations compiled by Samuel Garth. Translators include John Dryden, Joseph Addison, John Gay, Alexander Pope, William Congreve, Nicholas Rowe, Lawrence Eusden, Arthur Maynwaring, Samuel Croxall, Nahum Tate, William Stonestreet, Stephen Harvey, John Ozell, Temple Stanyan, Leonard Welsted, Samuel Garth, Mr. Calcott and Mr. Vernon.

"Sherman & Pudney, printers."--versos of title pages.

Engraved title page to v. 2 signed: Seymour sc. Engraved title page to v. 1 unsigned.

Vol. 1: 10, 258, [4] p, [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: 224, [4] p., [2] leaves of plates.

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 210 misnumbered 21; v. 2: p. 150 misnumbered 50.

"Biographical notices of the authors of this translation."--v. 1, p. [5]-10.

"Contents."--v. 1, p. [259-262]; v. 2, p. [225-228]. Lists the contents and translators of each of the fifteen books.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 35546).

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