BEIN Zd 0069: Catchword on p. [7] (first count): Vrania. Gathering F with pagination: F1(37,46), F2(43,44), F3(45,46), F4(51,52). 3H3 signed 3G3. Last line on p. 549 reads: Splendidis longùm valedico nugis. With 3-line initials on errata page. Armorial bookplate and ms. notes of Henry M. Dexter. Autographs on t.p.: Wm. Edkins ... 1801; Tho. Heynes ... '85.

BEIN Gno8 +jg626c: Imperfect: leaf 3V2 mutilated (and repaired) with some loss of text. 33 cm. Catchword on p. [7] (first count): Vra-. Gathering F correctly paginated (p. 46-50). Gathering 3E misbound as follows: 3E2, 1, 4, 3. 3H3 signed 3G3. Last line on p. 549 reads: Splendidis longe valedico nugis. With 2-line initials on errata page. Typewritten sheet with complete list of variations is laid in volume. Added engraved t.p. is bound in to follow the letter press t.p. Unidentified autograph on front end-paper: Coling[?] ... 1874. Autograph and stamp of F. Madan. Autograph on t.p.: L. Sneyde.

BEIN Osborn fpb46: Imperfect: Leaf pi1 (blank) wanting; quire 2H2,3 (p. 267-270) wanting. Catchword on p. [7] (first count): Vrania. Leaf Q2 (p. 147-148) bound following Q3 (p. 149-150). Last line on p. 549 reads: Splendidis longùm valedico nugis. With 3-line initials on errata page. Autographs: D. Osborne; F. Withers ... 1845; H. Rickett. Binder's ticket: Broadbere ... Southampton.

Yale Medical Historical Library copy gift of Lucia P. Fulton. Armorial bookplate of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665).

Added t.p., engraved, signed "Francisco Clein inv.: Salamon Savery Sculp."

Translator's dedication signed: George Sandys.

Signatures: pi⁶ [par.]⁴ A-D⁴ E⁴( -E4) F-3T⁴ 3V²; pi1 is blank, E3 is mis-signed 'F3'.

Leaves F1-3 (represented by "[6]" in the pagination statement) are erratically numbered: 37, 46, 43, 44, 45, 46.

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

"Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum hanc Ouidij translationem."

The preliminaries and one setting of gathering 3V (with 3-line initials on the errata page) were printed in London by William Stansby. Variant 1: gathering 3V printed at Oxford; errata page has 2-line initials. See "The Library", Dec. 1948, p. 193-212. Variant 2: has no errata.

"The first Booke of Virgils eneis": p. 533-549.

Ovid's metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis.

English short title catalogue, S121877

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 18966

Madan, F. Oxford books, I, p. 163

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 76458

Aeneas (Legendary character) > Poetry.

Fables, Latin > Translations into English.

Metamorphosis > Mythology > Poetry.

Mythology, Classical > Poetry.

Annotations (Provenance) - 19th century.

Armorial bookplates (Provenance)

Binders' tickets (Binding) - Broadbere.