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Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems.
Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems.
  • Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems.
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Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems

Dryden, John · London

Author
Dryden, John
Date
1700
Place
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Language
English
Binding
Folio (7.75" x 12.75") Full brown calf with blindstamp rule framing boards. Rebacked spine with five raised bands, gilt author/title to fancy gilt rule bordered red leather in second compartment, single large gilt arabesque device centered to each other compartment. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss, head and foot of spine chipped with loss, board edges rubbed, scuffed, with loss (see pic). Covers rubbed, scuffed, and scratched, with loss of leather to edges and all along top of rear cover. Marginal note in old ink to title page, next to author.
Format
From The Web: These translations are regarded as one of Dryden's greatest works. This was the final work produced by Dryden, as he died two months later. The work contains translations of the First Book of Homer's 'Iliad', eight selections from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', three of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', three stories from Boccaccio and many more translations including original poems by Dryden himself. With this work Dryden aimed to increase the reputation of English literature, by adapting these classic works. All the translations to this work are in Dryden's heroic couplet.
Category
Literature & Poetry
Record
S.I.6303

Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems 1700

Author: Dryden, John (b.1631-d.1700)

Folio (7.75" x 12.75") 1700. Dryden, John. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson. Full brown calf with blindstamp rule framing boards. Rebacked spine with five raised bands, gilt author/title to fancy gilt rule bordered red leather in second compartment, single, large gilt arabesque device centered to each other compartment. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss, head and foot of spine chipped with loss, board edges rubbed, scuffed, with loss (see pic). Covers rubbed, scuffed, and scratched, with loss of leather to edges and all along top of rear cover. Marginal note in old ink to title page, next to author.

From The Web: These translations are regarded as one of Dryden's greatest works. This was the final work produced by Dryden, as he died two months later. The work contains translations of the First Book of Homer's 'Iliad', eight selections from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', three of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', three stories from Boccaccio and many more translations including original poems by Dryden himself. With this work Dryden aimed to increase the reputation of English literature, by adapting these classic works. All the translations to this work are in Dryden's heroic couplet.

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