Ovid's Metamorphoses, in fifteen books. . Translated by Mr. Dryden. Mr. Addison. ... And other eminent hands. Publish'd by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D. Adorn'd with sculptures. ...
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1736
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3036558
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . ill.. (plates), port.. . 12mo.. Previous shelfmark: A.2.3-4. Identified in 1796 inventory: D 5, price 2s. 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 511. With other works and part works in 47 volumes by Pope, Gay, Prior, Congreve and others.. Provenance: Bookplate in both vols.: 'Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton' [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges; gilt fillets and vol. no. on spines.
Makers and roles
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD) Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) John Dryden (1631 - 1700) Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)