Metamorphoseon. Libri XV Cum variis lectionibus indiceque rerum et Fabularum. With Abbe Banier's arguments and explanations of the history and mythology of each fable in English.

OVID [BANIER].

Verlag: London Samuel Harding, 1747

8vo, pp xv, [1], 607, [1, adverts], [10, index], engraved vignette on title page, bound in contemporary unlettered calf, spine with raised bands, a little rubbed and chipped at foot of spine but a very good clean tight copy throughout, FIRST EDITION THUS, the second printing of Banier's commentaries in English; his detailed summaries and 'explanations' of Ovids fables first appeared in this anonymous English translation in Amsterdam 1732, reprinted here 'with minor refinements to Banier's own preface otherwise with minimal differences, the main text here in Latin only without Garth's English translation. In this edition a new short Latin preface signed 'M.M.' is pasted to the title verso. A scarce printing of Banier's Ovid in excellent state, with ownerhip of Mary S Anson. [Countess] Howe to the front endpaper. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 29575

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Titel: Metamorphoseon. Libri XV Cum variis ...
Verlag: London Samuel Harding
Erscheinungsdatum: 1747