Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Fifteen Books

Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Fifteen Books

Translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden [and others].

Ovid

"The eleventh, in this Twenty-sixth Series of the fine books made for the members of this Club ... fifteen etchings to serve as half-titles to the fifteen books ... The type for the text is the twelve-point of Centaur, and the marginalia are set in ten-point Arrighi italic. Text and illustrations have been printed on a hand-made Italian paper under the supervision of Dr. Mardersteig ... the etchings have been pulled by hand. The binding is of decorated hand-made paper over boards with a tan buckram backstrip and dark green linen label, gold stamped"--Publisher's announcement.

"Made ... by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni ... The text is the 'Garth Translation': a collection of translations by Dryden, Pope, Congreve, Addison, Garth, and others, collated and edited by Sir Samuel Garth in 1717. The etchings were made for this edition by Hans Erni"--Colophon.

No. 289 of a limited ed. of 1500 copies

Signed by the engraver and printer

Gift of Loryn Romadka

From the collection of Austin Fredric Lutter, with his bookplate

UW-Milwaukee Libraries Special Collections

Verona, Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni

1958

Hans Erni

Giovanni Mardersteig

Samuel Garth

John Dryden

Alexander Pope

William Congreve

Joseph Addison

It is the responsibility of the researcher to seek permission from the copyright holder to reproduce for publication.

lvi, 519 p. illus.

25 cm.

English

(SPL) PA6522 M2 1958