Ovid's Metamorphoses Englished by G. S.

Notes

{{tr|George Sandys}} (Secretary to the Colony of Virginia when he made this translation). This is the first significant literary translation performed on the North American continent.

• Engraved title-page. Engraved portrait of Ovid by William Marshall. Woodcut printer's device on colophon. 25.2x15.5 cm (10x6") • The first edition of the first significant literary translation performed on the North American continent. Thus created in Virginia, published in London. • At this point, books were sold without bound covers and the owner had them bound himself, or possibly bound for them by the publisher. Since the cover was thus not standardised, we show the title page instead, which was standard. • Data from PBA Galleries.