Ovid's art of love, in three books. : The life of Ovid; Ovid's remedy of love; his art of beauty; the court of love; and The history of love, including the following stories, viz. I. The history of Perseus and Andromeda. II. The history of Pygmalion. III. The story of Hippomenes and Pygmalion. IV. The story of Cephalus and Procris. V. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice. VI. The parting of Achilles and Deidamia. VII. Leander's epistle to hero. VIII. The story of Narcissus and Echo. IX. The story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. X. The passion of Scylla for Minos. and XI. A pastoral elegy on the death of Delia. Adorned with cuts, and embellished with explanatory notes never before published.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

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

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Ars amatoria. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin literature.

Physical Description:

218 pages,plates ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

Glasgow : Printed for J. Edwin, MDCCLVIII. [1758]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Titlepage in red and black.

Variously translated by John Dryden, Nahum Tate and William Congreve.

'The court of love' is paraphrased from Chaucer by Arthur Maynwaring and 'The history of love' is by Charles Hopkins.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T224706.

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