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Nasonis, P. Ovidii (Publius Ovidius Naso)
METAMORPHOSEON LIBRI X.
OR TEN SELECT BOOKS OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES
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Philadelphia, Printed by William Spotswood, 1790, contemporary calf
First American edition, Good
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With An English Translation, Compiled from the Two Former Translations, by Davidson and Clarke; A Prosody Table and References, (After the Manner of Mr. Stirling), Pointing Out, At One View, The Scanning of Each Verse; and Davidson's English Notes.
First American edition of Ovid (Evans 22753; PAIMP 6). Rubbed but very solid, top of the spine chipped, spine label no longer readable; internally quite clean.
First American edition (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 his headed by an attractive wood-engraving. There are wood-engraved tail-pieces at the end of most of the books.
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.); Davidson, James (1732-1809); Clarke, John (1687-1734).
Philadelphia: Printed by William Spotswood, 1790; 8vo., contemporary calf; iv, (40), 328 pages. Book # 141752
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