OVID'S METAMORPHOSES IN LATIN AND ENGLISH 1735 LEATHER BINDING
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[OVID]. P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV. Cum Versione Anglica, ad Verbum, quantum sieri potuit, sacta. Or. Ovid's Metamorphoses. With an English Translation, as Literal as possible. Done with the greatest care, and from the best editions, for the more expeditious attainment of the sense and elegancy of this great poet. By John Clarke. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion in Pater-Noster-Row; T. Ryles, in Hull; and T. Hammond, in York. MDCCXXXV [1735].
Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (210 x 130 x 35 mm.). Pp. vii, [1], 479. Latin and English text throughout. Bound in contemporary full calf. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Decorative initials. Condition: GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Rubbing to spine ends and points. Lacking the spine title-plate. Front blank endpaper absent but otherwise complete. Light toning and marginal staining. Some pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown. A sound copy of this classic in Latin with English translation.