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Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books: PB 214-2003

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Titles

Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books

Maker(s)

Author: Ovid
Editor: Garth, Thomas
Illustrator: Erni, Hans
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Mardersteig, Giovanni
Printer: Officina Bodoni

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Description

Translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden [and others].

Lvi, 519 [4]p : illus ; 25 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Verona

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1958

Note

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).

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 214-2003
Primary reference Number: 95631
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012 Last processed: Thursday 29 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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