Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books
Author:
Ovid
Editor:
Garth, Thomas
Illustrator:
Erni, Hans
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Printer:
Officina Bodoni
Translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden [and others].
Lvi, 519 [4]p : illus ; 25 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1958
Colophon: "Of this edition ... fifteen hundred copies have been made for members of The Limited Editions Club by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodini in Verona. The text is the "Garth translation": a collection of translations by Dryden, Pope, Congreve, Addison, Garth, and others, collated and edited by Sir Samuel Garth in 1717. The etchings were made for this edition by Hans Erni."--Colophon Museum has copy no. 140 signed by Hans Erni and Giovanni Mardersteig. Quarter brown in linen with patterned green paper sides over boards. Issued in slipcase (brown paper over card).
Support
composed of
paper
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Accession number: PB 214-2003
Primary reference Number: 95631
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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