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P. OVIDII NASONIS METAMORPHOSEON LIBRI X, OR, TEN SELECT BOOKS OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES; With an English Translation, Compiled from the Two Former Translations by Davidson and Clarke; A Prosody Table and References (after the manner of Mr. Stirling) Pointing out, at one view, the scanning of each verse, and Davidson's English notes.

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P. OVIDII NASONIS METAMORPHOSEON LIBRI X, OR, TEN SELECT BOOKS OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES; With an English Translation, Compiled from the Two Former Translations by Davidson and Clarke; A Prosody Table and References (after the manner of Mr. Stirling) Pointing out, at one view, the scanning of each verse, and Davidson's English notes.

by Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.); Davidson, James (1732-1809); Clarke, John (1687-1734)

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Printed by William Spotswood, Philadelphia: 1790, 1790 pp. iv, [40], 328. 8vo. 200 mm. Scattered age stain. Autograph ownerships of: Henry Cotton; Hugo Cotton. Original full plain leather binding; front board detached. Hardbound. Good. The short introduction calls this present edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses "the first that has ever been attempted in America." Metamorphoses in English & Latin, with extensive notes. Evans 22753. PAIMP 6. Hardcover. Good.

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P. OVIDII NASONIS METAMORPHOSEON LIBRI X, OR, TEN SELECT BOOKS OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES; With an English Translation, Compiled from the Two Former Translations by Davidson and Clarke; A Prosody Table and References (after the manner of Mr. Stirling) Pointing out, at one view, the scanning of each verse, and Davidson's English notes.
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Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.); Davidson, James (1732-1809); Clarke, John (1687-1734)
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Printed by William Spotswood, Philadelphia: 1790
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1790
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ROME LATIN MYTHOLOGY FABLES POETRY CLASSICS EDUCATION
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