Ouids Metamorphosis Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Æneis. By G.S.
Contributors: Sandys, George, 1578-1644; Virgil; Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658 artist.; Savery, Salomon, 1594-1665, engraver.
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 1030:1.
Publisher: By Iohn Lichfield [and William Stansby]
Published: 1632
Place of publication: Imprinted at Oxford [and London]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 549
Other titles: Metamorphoses.; Ovids Metamorphosis.; Æneis. Book 1. English.
Work titles: Metamorphoses.
Notes: Translator's dedication signed: George Sandys.

Mostly in verse.

The "essay" is a translation of Book 1 of "Æneis".

With an additional title page, engraved. This and some of the plates are signed by Franz Cleyn, artist, and Salomon Savery, engraver.

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 intials. See "The Library", Dec. 1948, p. 193-212.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

STC (2nd ed.) 18966.

Madan, I, p. 163.

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1965. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1030:1).