Metamorphoses In Latin And English,Translated By The Most Eminent Hands A Selection From The 1717 Edition; With Drawings by J. Yunge Bateman
by Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Orig. crimson cloth, front cover illustrated in gilt. Teg. Very good
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About This Item
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1959. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth, front cover illustrated in gilt. Teg. Very good. 264 pages. 31 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 93 of 200, an edition by Gwyn Jones with eleven collotype reproductions, mostly full-page. Printed in Caslon Old Face, a selection of the great folio verse translation by Dryden, Congreve, Addison, Pope, Gay et al. COCK-A-HOOP 209. Backstrip sunned.
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22794
- Title
- Metamorphoses In Latin And English,Translated By The Most Eminent Hands A Selection From The 1717 Edition; With Drawings by J. Yunge Bateman
- Author
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. crimson cloth, front cover illustrated in gilt. Teg. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
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