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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).
Related Miscellanies
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:
Related People
Editor:
George Sewell
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
Arthur Bettesworth
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
Edmund Curll
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
J. Browne
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
W Taylor
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Absolute (100%)
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Content/Publication
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 Pope
Lewis 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