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$US 395.00
PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
Ovid's Metamorphoses; with an English Translation by Davidson and Clarke.
Imprint: Phila., Wm. Spotswood, 1790
Binding: Hardback
8vo., contemporary calf; rubbed but very solid, top of the spine chipped, spine label no longer readable; internally quite clean.FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Ovid (there was a New York printing in 1795); this edition contains a Prosody Table and references (after the manner of Mr. Stirling), pointing out, at one view, the scanning of each verse; it also contains Davidson's English notes. The Latin text (with its English translation below), follows 40 pages of introductory material and is headed by an attractive wood-engraving [1 1/4 x 3 5/8 inches]; there are wood-engraved tail-pieces at the end of most of the books. See: Evans. 22753.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
Stock number:712.