Ouid's Metamorphosis : Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Aeneis. By G.S.
Ovid,43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Sandys, George,1578-1644.
Virgil.Aeneis.Book 1.English.1632
Cleyn, Franz,1590?-1658,artist.
Savery, Salomon,1594-1665,engraver.
Dowdeswell, Charles,active 1656,former owner.StEdNL
Boyle, James,17th century-18th century,former owner.StEdNL
Imprinted at Oxford [and London] : by Iohn Lichfield [and William Stansby],
an. Dom. MDCXXXII. [1632]
Translator's dedication signed: George Sandys.
Mostly in verse.
The "essay" is a translation of Book 1 of "Aeneis".
With an additional title page, engraved. This and some of the plates are signed by Franz Cleyn, artist, and Salomon Savery, engraver.
Imprimatur at foot of letterpress title: Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum hanc Ouidij translationem.
The preliminaries and one setting of quire 3V (with 3-line initials on the errata page) were printed in London by William Stansby. Variant: quire 3V printed at Oxford; errata page has 2-line initials. See "The Library", Dec. 1948, p. 193-212.
Signatures: pi⁶ [par.]⁴ A-3T⁴ 3V².
STC (2nd ed.)
Madan
ESTC
Manuscript inscription on the title page "Charles Dowdeswell his book 1656" Below that in a 17th or 18th century hand "Ja[cobu?]s Boyle" and beside that in a different hand "Vid: his life wrote by Crusius Vol. 1 P: 184".
England Oxford.