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OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS. Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in Figures . . . By G[eorge] S[andys]. 15 engraved plates by Salomon Savery after Frantz Clein. [22], 303, [21] pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait and additional title, and final blank. Folio, 345x230 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine worn, endpapers renewed, rear cover detached; lower portion of contents dampstained throughout with scattered traces of mold, heavy soiling in lower portion of A3v-4r. Calligraphic ownership inscription of William Musgrave dated 1666 on C2v; signatures of John Ogle dated 1699 on front flyleaf. London: J. L. for Andrew Hebb, 1640
Translation originally published in 1626, composed by Sandys in part during his 1621-25 stay in Virginia, where he served as treasurer of the colony. Alden 640/139; STC 18968.
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