Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Some of the Epistles, with [. . .]

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Front board detached (hanging on by 1 cord). Early owner's name "John James Frazer / The Doon". Wormholes to outer margin of pages 269-286, without loss of the printed text. ; "A new edition, carefully revised and corrected." [4], xii, 286 pages + 8 pages of advertisements on smaller leaf size at front "Catalogue of Classical and Elementary School and College Books, Published by John Cumming, Dublin." Contemporary full tree calf binding. Front board detached. Page dimensions: 173 x 102mm. Title continues, "The Notes of John Minellius and others, In English, and a Prose Version of the Author. By Nathan Bailey. With the Additions of I. Abbe Banier's arguments and illustrations of the history and mythology of each Fable. II. An explanation of the labours of Hercules. III. An account of the siege of Troy, with the history of the commanders, for the better understanding of that event, so much the subject of our Author's Piece, as well as other classical writers. IV. An Essay on the rise, nature, and extent of fabulous compositions." The selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses are in Latin, with footnotes in English on the same page as the Latin text. The "Prose Version of the Author" by Nathan Bailey is also in Latin. The additions "An explanation of the labours of Hercules"; "An account of the siege of Troy"; "An Essay on the rise, nature, use, and extent of fabulous compositions" are essays in English. N° de ref. del artículo 24711

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