Ovid's Metamorphosis englished, . mythologiz'd and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Æneis. By G.S. [George Sandys].
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1632
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3020577
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],1-38,[2],45-80,[2],81-112,[2],113-124,145-169,[3],171 - 199,[3],201-230,[2],231-264,[2],265-300,[2],301-336,[2],33 7 -367,[3],369-398,[2],399-454,[2],455-487,[3],491-549,[1]p. . ill.. . fol.. Imperfect: lacks Cc2-4 (pp. 227-30); engraved plate facing p.455 largely torn away. manuscript notes on 3 flyleaves and recto of portrait leaf. Sheet of paper loose at p. 427 with start of draft letter dated Belton, 5 May 1694, re-used for extract from Ecclesiasticus. Pencil note on p. 427 (marking words "His acts are therefore ours"): Motto of the Cust family.. Provenance: Signature on title-page: Liber Richardi Brownlowe / prec. xiij s: An. 1639:/. [i.e. presumably Sir Richard Brownlow (1628-1668), despite his youth; his grandfather the Prothonotary died 1638]. Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel; Belton House (earl's coronet & crests) Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 88.. Binding: Panelled sprinkled calf (eighteenth-century). Spine gilt.
Makers and roles
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD) George Sandys (1578-1644)