[OVID]. Ovid's Art of Love. In Three Books. Together With His Remedy of Love. Translated Into English Verse by Dryden, Congreve, and Others. To Which are Added The Court of Love, a Tale, from Chaucer: and The History of Love. London: Printed for T. Caslon and W. Davenhill, MDCCLXXXII. [1782].
REPRINT. Leather-bound; hardcover; duodecimo (16.5 x 10 x 1.8 cm); pp. 263. English text. Bound in contemporary quarter calf; smooth spine gilt with red morocco lettering-piece; marbled paper-covered boards; red speckled page edges; initial and terminal blanks present. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure. Spine ends slightly rubbed. Interior well-preserved. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown.
Notes: A popular title which was republished many times during the eighteenth century. The translators are identified in the text as John Dryden, Nahum Tate and William Congreve. 'The history of love' is by Charles Hopkins and 'The court of love' is a metrical paraphrase by Arthur Maynwaring. An excellent copy.
