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Ovid's art of love, in three books : The life of Ovid; Ovid's remedy of love; his art of beauty; the court of love; and The history of love, including the following stories, viz. I. The history of Perseus and Andromeda. II. The history of Pygmalion. III. The story of Hippomenes and Pygmalion. IV. The story of Cephalus and Procris. V. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice. VI. The parting of Achilles and Deidamia. VII. Leander's epistle to hero. VIII. The story of Narcissus and Echo. IX. The story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. X. The passion of Scylla for Minos. and XI. A pastoral elegy on the death of Delia. Adorned with cuts, and embellished with explanatory notes never before published.

Author/creator Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Other author/creatorOvid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoGlasgow : Printed for J. Edwin, MDCCLVIII. [1758]
Description218 pages, plates ; 12⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Uniform titleArs amatoria. English
General noteTitlepage in red and black.
General noteVariously translated by John Dryden, Nahum Tate and William Congreve.
General note'The court of love' is paraphrased from Chaucer by Arthur Maynwaring and 'The history of love' is by Charles Hopkins.
General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, T224706.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Other title Remedia amoris. English.

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