Ovid's metamorphosis. Translated by several Hands. [Vol I] [ESTC R32193]
- DMI number:
- 1676
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 1697
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- R32193
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:citation:12354672
- Shelfmark:
- EEBO-Bod
- Full Title:
- OVID's | [i]METAMORPHOSIS[/i]. | TRANSLATED | By Several Hands. | [rule] | VOL. I. | Containing the first Five Books. | [rule] | [g]Adorn'd with Sculptures[/g]. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: | Printed for [g]W. Rogers[/g] at the [i]Sun[/i] in [i]Fleet- | street[/i]; [g]F. Sanders[/g] in the [i]New Exchange[/i]; | and [g]A. Roper[/g] at the [i]Black Boy[/i] against | St. [i]Dunstan[/i]'s Church. 1697.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Miscellany dominated by poet, Probably not a miscellany, and Collection of translations/imitations
- Format:
- Octavo
- Comments:
- CONTENTS (1) 'Book I. translated by Mr. Milbourn.' (2) 'Book II. by Mr. Arwaker and Mr. Jackson.' (3) 'Book III. by Mr. Pittis and Mr. Bridgwater.' (4) 'Book IV. to page 166. by Mr. Tate. Continued to page 175. by Mr Arwaker. From thence to page 183. by Mr. Tate. To the end, by another hand. (5) Book V. by Mr. Wells and Mr. Smith. PLATES Plates facing title page and p.1, 48, 102, 156, 209
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATERIAL (1) Epistle Dedication, 'To the right honourable William Earl of Portland, &c.' [pp.A3r-A5v.] Signed 'N. Tate.' (2) Preface, [pp. A6r-A8r.] (3) Contents, [p. A8v.] END MATERIAL (1) Errata, [p.247.]
- References:
- NCBEL 340 (1697)
- Dedicatee:
- Willem Bentinck||Hans||first earl of Portland
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Biographical details taken from ODNB online. Hans Willem Bentinck (1649–1709): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2160
- Editor:
- Nahum Tate
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Abel Roper
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Biographical details taken from BBTI online. http://www.bbti.bham.ac.uk/Details.htm?TraderID=59553
- Publisher:
- Francis Sanders
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Biographical details taken from BBTI online. http://www.bbti.bham.ac.uk/Details.htm?TraderID=60745
- Publisher:
- William Rogers
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Of bodies changed to other shapes I sing
- Page No:
- pp. 2-47.
- Poem Title:
- The first book
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Milbourn
- Attributed To:
- Luke Milbourne
- First Line:
- The sun's great hall on lofty columns raised
- Page No:
- pp. 49-102.
- Poem Title:
- The second book
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Arwaker and Mr. Jackson
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Arwaker
- First Line:
- But now the lustful God no more concealed
- Page No:
- pp. 103-155.
- Poem Title:
- The third book
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pittis and Mr. Bridgwater.
- Attributed To:
- William PittisBenjamin Bridgwater
- First Line:
- Yet rash Alcithoe still disavows
- Page No:
- pp.156-209
- Poem Title:
- The fourth book.
- Attribution:
- To page 166. by Mr. Tate. Continued to Page 175. by Mr. Arwaker. From thence to Page 183. by Mr. Tate. To the End, by Another Hand.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund ArwakerNahum Tate
- First Line:
- While thus his tale the obliging hero told
- Page No:
- pp. 209-247.
- Poem Title:
- The fifth book
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Wells and Mr. Smith
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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Ovid's Metamorphoses
Ovid's Metamorphoses English Translation
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