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Ovid's art of love, in three books. The life of Ovid; Ovid's remedy of love; his art of beauty; the court of love; and The history of love, including the following stories, viz. I. The history of Perseus and Andromeda. II. The history of Pygmalion. III. The story of Hippomenes and Pygmalion. IV. The story of Cephalus and Procris. V. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice. VI. The parting of Achilles and Deidamia. VII. Leander's epistle to hero. VIII. The story of Narcissus and Echo. IX. The story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. X. The passion of Scylla for Minos. and XI. A pastoral elegy on the death of Delia. Adorned with cuts, and embellished with explanatory notes never before published
Uniform Title
Ars amatoria. English
Title
Ovid's art of love, in three books. [electronic resource] : The life of Ovid; Ovid's remedy of love; his art of beauty; the court of love; and The history of love, including the following stories, viz. I. The history of Perseus and Andromeda. II. The history of Pygmalion. III. The story of Hippomenes and Pygmalion. IV. The story of Cephalus and Procris. V. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice. VI. The parting of Achilles and Deidamia. VII. Leander's epistle to hero. VIII. The story of Narcissus and Echo. IX. The story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. X. The passion of Scylla for Minos. and XI. A pastoral elegy on the death of Delia. Adorned with cuts, and embellished with explanatory notes never before published.
Published
Glasgow : Printed for J. Edwin, MDCCLVIII. [1758]
Physical Description
218p.,plates ; 12⁰.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Titlepage in red and black.
Variously translated by John Dryden, Nahum Tate and William Congreve.
'The court of love' is paraphrased from Chaucer by Arthur Maynwaring and 'The history of love' is by Charles Hopkins.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Variant and related titles
Remedia amoris. English.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 27, 2010
References
English short title catalogue, T224706.
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Great Britain Scotland Glasgow.
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