The Metamorphoses; The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic Epistles, Ibis, and Halieuticon; The Heroides or Epistles of the Heroines, The Amours, Art of Love, Remedy of Love, and Minor Works [The Complete Works of Ovid]

Author: Ovid
Title: The Metamorphoses; The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic Epistles, Ibis, and Halieuticon; The Heroides or Epistles of the Heroines, The Amours, Art of Love, Remedy of Love, and Minor Works [The Complete Works of Ovid]
Publication: London: Bell & Daldy, 1869
Edition: Later edition

Description: Hardcover. 3 vol. 8vo. [3], iv-xiv, [1], 2-554, [2]; [3], iv-xxiv, [1], 2-503, [3]; [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-544, [2] pp. Half contemporary sheep over pebbled green cloth with the spines in five compartments, boards ruled in gold, spines with gold lettering and gold decorations; all edges sprinkled red. Two of the volumes (one and three) illustrated with a frontispiece. Literally translated into English prose with copious notes and explanations by Henry T. Riley. Smith 244. George Bell's edition of Ovid's complete works, influenced by Valpy's edition. Henry Bohn first published this edition in the early 1850's. Ovid's complete works are somewhat difficult to find in any edition (especially before 1900). His magnum opus, the Metamorphoses, was hugely influential in Roman literature. Ovid's mythology weaves together Greek and Roman tradition beautifully. His Ars Amatoria (Art of Love) resulted in his banishment to the Black Sea by the Emperor Augustus. The Emperor felt that within that work, the poet was encouraging Romans to act in a manner that was not virtuous. A sharp example of the Roman literary giant's surviving writings. Very Good or better.

Light rubbing to the extremities, a contemporary name in each volume.

Seller ID: 000015909

Subject: Literature, Poetry, Strength in Memory