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
1751
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3114051
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates . ill.. . 12mo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: Revd. John Holmes, Gawdy Hall (Franks 15155) [i.e. Gawdy Hall, Harleston, Norfolk]. Eighteenth-century (?) inscription on flyleaf: J. Holmes. Book label of Gawdy Hall Library, with its pressmark. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Gawdy Hall 1938 2/- 2 vol.. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; spine gilt with fillets and floral tools; red and green morocco spine labels with title "Garth's Ovid"; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD) John Dryden (1631 - 1700) Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719) Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)