Ovid's Metamorphoses. Translated into English Verse, by Various Authors; and Originally published by Sir Samuel Garth.

OVIDIUS NASO (Publius).

Published by printed by Brettell and Co. of J. Walker [and 20 others], London, 1807

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Engraved additional title and frontispiece. 12mo. [138 x 74 x 38 mm]. [2]ff, 449, [7] pp. Contemporary binding of polished calf, stained green and brown, the covers with a gilt border of a double fillet and Greek-key roll. Smooth spine divided into six panels by a gilt double fillet and wave pallet, lettered in the second on a red goatskin label, the others with a quatrelobe centre flanked by a "drawer-handle" tool, the corners of the edges of the boards hatched in gilt, the turn-ins with a gilt rope roll, marbled endleaves and edges. Bound with: 'Ovid's Epistles. Translated into English Verse by Various Authors. To which is prefixed, The Life of Ovid. Additional engraved title and frontispiece.' 12mo. xi, [i], 167 pp. London: printed by Ellerton and Byworth for J. Walker [and 20 others], 1808. A little browning and minor soiling to a few leaves but a very good copy. With the bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst, who attributed the binding to the French emigré Auguste Marie Comte De Caumont, who set up shop in Soho in about 1796. The dates are right, De Caumont had a Greek-key roll and the staining of the calf resembles the first of four bindings illustrated by H. A. Hammelmann in his article "Bookbinder with a Noble Touch. The Comte De Caumont", published in 'Country Life' 3/12/1964. However, he tended to sign his bindings with a label, most binders had a Greek-key roll and the finishing is not quite up to the standard of the reputation of a man who employed Christian Kalthoeber between 1808 and his return to France in 1814. Seller Inventory # ebc7692

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ovid's Metamorphoses. Translated into ...

Publisher: printed by Brettell and Co. of J. Walker [and 20 others], London

Publication Date: 1807

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine