OVID [PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO]; SLAVITT, DAVID R. (TRANSLATOR) - The Metamorphoses of OvidBaltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0801847974. An ex-library, first edition (so indicated by lack of subsequent printings on copyright pages). The eminent poet of ancient Rome, Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), wrote his narrative poem "Metamorphosis" in the first Century AD (CE). It attempts to tell the history of the world, from its origins through the reign of Julius Caesar. Translated freely into verse by David R. Slavitt, with his preface. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with decorations & titling in gilt to cover; gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- Evidence of former ownership by a public lending library includes stickers, tape, rubberstampings and neatly removed front free endpaper, otherwise a sound, bright, tightly-bound copy.; Ex-Library; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xii, 342, [4] pages. Very Good with no dust jacket . USD 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.25 | £UK 20.5 | JP¥ 4112] Book number 88119is offered by:
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