Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books: a new translation by several hands [N41873] [vol.2]
- DMI number:
- 682
- Publication Date:
- 1717
- Volume Number:
- 2 of 2
- ESTC number:
- N41873
- Shelfmark:
- BOD All Souls TX. 2. 25
- Full Title:
- [i]OVID[/i]'s | METAMORPHOSES. | Made English. | [rule] | By Several HANDS. | [rule] | VOLUME II. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for [i]A. Bettesworth[/i] and [i]W. Taylor[/i] in | [i]Pater-Noster-Row[/i], [i]E. Curll[/i] in [i]Fleet-Street[/i], and [i]J. Browne[/i] without | [i]Temple-Bar.[/i] 1717.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of translations/imitations
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Price:
- 6s.
- Pagination:
- [2], 1-252, [10]pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- First edition.
- Comments:
- PLATES: Engraved plates facing title page, pp.35, 67, 101, 129, 175, 215. ATTRIBUTIONS: Attributions taken from 'Table of 'Gentlemen concern'd in this Translation' in N41873 vol.1. CONTENTS: Translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses Books 9-15 [1-252].
- Other matter:
- END MATTER: 'The Index' [10pp.]
- References:
- Stuart Gillespie & David Hopkins, eds., 'The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English: 1660-1790', (OUP, 2005).
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books: a new translation by several hands [T177809] [Vol.2]
- Publication Date:
- 1726
- ESTC No:
- T177809
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books: a new translation by several hands [N41873] [Vol.1]
- Publication Date:
- 1717
- ESTC No:
- N41873
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books: a new translation by several hands [N22089] [Vol.2]
- Publication Date:
- 1733
- ESTC No:
- N22089
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Arthur Bettesworth
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Edmund Curll
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Editor:
- George Sewell
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- J. Browne
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- W Taylor
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- He who his high descent from Neptune draws
- Page No:
- pp.1-34
- Poem Title:
- Book the Ninth.
- Attribution:
- 'by Mr. Theobald', table of contributors to both volumes in N41873 [vol.1]
- Attributed To:
- Lewis Theobald
- First Line:
- Thence clad in saffron robes through boundless skies
- Page No:
- pp.35-66
- Poem Title:
- Book the Tenth.
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Theobald', table of contributors to both volumes in N41873 [vol.1]
- Attributed To:
- Lewis Theobald
- First Line:
- Whilst thus the Thracian bard with powerful strains
- Page No:
- pp.67-99
- Poem Title:
- Book the Eleventh.
- Attribution:
- 'by Mr. Theobald', table of contributors to both volumes in N41873 [vol.1]
- Attributed To:
- Lewis Theobald
- First Line:
- For Aesacus old Priam mourned nor knew
- Page No:
- pp.100-128
- Poem Title:
- Book the Twefth.
- Attribution:
- 'by Mr. Theobald', table of contributors to both volumes in N41873 [vol.1]
- Attributed To:
- Lewis Theobald
- First Line:
- The princes sat the chiefs of every band
- Page No:
- pp.129-174
- Poem Title:
- Book the Thirteenth.
- Attribution:
- 'by Mr. Theobald', table of contributors to both volumes in N41873 [vol.1]
- Attributed To:
- Lewis Theobald
- First Line:
- Now Glaucus Aetna and that clime had past
- Page No:
- pp.175-214
- Poem Title:
- Book the Fourteenth.
- Attribution:
- 'by Mr. Pope and Mr. Theobald', table of contributors to both volumes in N41873 [vol.1]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander PopeLewis Theobald
- First Line:
- Meanwhile a man is sought with care and speed
- Page No:
- pp.215-252
- Poem Title:
- Book the Fifteenth.
- Attribution:
- 'by Capt. Morrice', table of contributors to both volumes in N41873 [vol.1] 'By Captain Morrice', N41873 [vol.2]
- Attributed To:
- Captain Morrice
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