OVID; [Sir Samuel GARTH]. Metamorphoses. London: Printed for J. Walker et al. 1818.
12mo. Full red calf; boards and spine richly gilt and tooled in blind, black morocco lettering piece, dentelles in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers; pp. [vii], 8-449, [8], engraved frontispiece and engraved title by A. W. Warren after Thomas Uwins; even sunning to spine; minimal bumping to corners; contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, else clean, a very good copy in the attractive binding.
A nineteenth-century translation of Ovid's epic Metamorphoses, in a handsome contemporary binding. Originally published by Samuel Garth, this edition includes biographical notices of the various authors who contributed to the translation.
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