Ouid's Metamorphosis : Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures : an essay to the translation of Virgil's Aeneis
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Description
- Title
- Ouid's Metamorphosis : Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures : an essay to the translation of Virgil's Aeneis
- Alternative Title
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Metamorphoses. 1632 English
Ovid's metamorphosis
Metamorphosis - Creator
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
- Contributor
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Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658, artist.
Savery, Salomon, 1594-1665, engraver.
Lichfield, John, active 1605-1635, printer.
Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer.
Sandys, George, 1578-1644.
Virgil.
Broadbere - Published / Created
- an. Dom. MDCXXXII. [1632]
- Publication Place
- Imprinted at Oxford [and London] and England London
- Publisher
- By Iohn Lichfield [and William Stansby]
- Description
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BEIN Zd 0069: Catchword on p. [7] (first count): Vrania. Gathering F with pagination: F1(37,46), F2(43,44), F3(45,46), F4(51,52). 3H3 signed 3G3. Last line on p. 549 reads: Splendidis longùm valedico nugis. With 3-line initials on errata page. Armorial bookplate and ms. notes of Henry M. Dexter. Autographs on t.p.: Wm. Edkins ... 1801; Tho. Heynes ... '85.
BEIN Gno8 +jg626c: Imperfect: leaf 3V2 mutilated (and repaired) with some loss of text. 33 cm. Catchword on p. [7] (first count): Vra-. Gathering F correctly paginated (p. 46-50). Gathering 3E misbound as follows: 3E2, 1, 4, 3. 3H3 signed 3G3. Last line on p. 549 reads: Splendidis longe valedico nugis. With 2-line initials on errata page. Typewritten sheet with complete list of variations is laid in volume. Added engraved t.p. is bound in to follow the letter press t.p. Unidentified autograph on front end-paper: Coling[?] ... 1874. Autograph and stamp of F. Madan. Autograph on t.p.: L. Sneyde.
BEIN Osborn fpb46: Imperfect: Leaf pi1 (blank) wanting; quire 2H2,3 (p. 267-270) wanting. Catchword on p. [7] (first count): Vrania. Leaf Q2 (p. 147-148) bound following Q3 (p. 149-150). Last line on p. 549 reads: Splendidis longùm valedico nugis. With 3-line initials on errata page. Autographs: D. Osborne; F. Withers ... 1845; H. Rickett. Binder's ticket: Broadbere ... Southampton.
Added t.p., engraved, signed "Francisco Clein inv.: Salamon Savery Sculp."
Translator's dedication signed: George Sandys.
Signatures: pi⁶ [par.]⁴ A-D⁴ E⁴( -E4) F-3T⁴ 3V²; pi1 is blank, E3 is mis-signed 'F3'.
Leaves F1-3 (represented by "[6]" in the pagination statement) are erratically numbered: 37, 46, 43, 44, 45, 46.
With an additional title page, engraved. This and some of the plates are signed by Franz Cleyn, artist, and Salomon Savery, engraver.
"Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum hanc Ouidij translationem."
The preliminaries and one setting of gathering 3V (with 3-line initials on the errata page) were printed in London by William Stansby. Variant 1: gathering 3V printed at Oxford; errata page has 2-line initials. See "The Library", Dec. 1948, p. 193-212. Variant 2: has no errata.
"The first Booke of Virgils eneis": p. 533-549.
Yale Medical Historical Library copy gift of Lucia P. Fulton. Armorial bookplate of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665). - Extent
- [20], 38, [6], 51-124, 145-487, [1], 491-549, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates : 34 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn fpb46
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Translations into English
Poetry
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Binders' tickets (Binding) Broadbere - Material
- ill. ;
- Subject (Name)
- Aeneas (Legendary character)
- Subject (Topic)
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Fables, Latin
Metamorphosis
Mythology
Mythology, Classical - Subjects
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Fables, Latin > Translations into English
Metamorphosis > Mythology > Poetry
Mythology, Classical > Poetry
Aeneas (Legendary character) > Poetry
19th century
Broadbere
Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665 > Bookplate
Fulton, Lucia Pickering, 1899-1989 > Ownership
Dexter, Henry Martyn, 1821-1890 > Bookplate
Edkins, William > Autograph
Heynes, Thomas > Autograph
Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935 > Autograph
Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935 > Stamp
Osborne, Dorothy, 1627-1695 > Autograph
Rickett, H. > Autograph
Withers, F. > Autograph
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 1251755
- Object ID (OID)
- 2011387
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