Ovids metamorphosis . Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Æneis.
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1640
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3012333
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20],303,[21]p.,[16] plates . ill.. . fol... Previous shelfmark: H.10.3. Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 611.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. Manuscript shelfmark on inside front board: "P.2. Poetry &c". Multiple manuscript inscriptions on front fly-leaf, including: "Thomas Myddelton" [either Sir Thomas Myddelton 1st Bart (1624-1663) or his son Sir Thomas Myddelton 2nd Bart (1651-1684)], "Robert Myddelton" [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)], "John Myddelton" [i.e. John Myddelton (1685-1747)], and "Thomas Grosvenar". Manuscript inscriptions on second front fly-leaf: "Sr. Thomas Myddelton Bart." and "Thomas de Myddelton milles & Baronett".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border, with blind cornerpiece stamps; double blind fillet on board edges; blind fillets on spine.
Makers and roles
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD) Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC) Francis Clein [also Cleyn] (Rostock 1582 – London 1658) George Sandys (1578-1644) Salomon Savery (1594-1665)