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[18], 326, [5] pp. ([a]4, b6, A-2R4, 2S6). Engraved title-page. Engraved portrait of Ovid by William Marshall. Woodcut printer's device on colophon. (folio) 25.5x16 cm. (10x6¼"), period speckled calf, blind-ruled (rebacked in modern calf); custom cloth box. First Edition.

George Sandys was Secretary to the Colony of Virginia when he made this translation. This is the first edition of the first significant literary translation performed on the North American continent. This copy with early ownership signature of Richard Edwards. See Sabin 57984. STC 18964.