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Milton (John). The Works of Mr. John Milton [London]: 1697, title a little soiled and with some marginal water stains (continuing to the next few leaves), title with restrengthening to margins of verso Cccc4 (blank) present at end, 20th century white cloth-backed boards,a little rubbed and marked, folio, together with Ovidius Naso (Publius). Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd and Represented in Figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgil's Aeneis, by G.S. [George Sandys], Oxford: John Lichfield, 1632, additional engraved title by Salomon Savery after Francis Clein (one plate placed at the beginning of each book of the Metamorphosis), plate to the first book with paper repair to verso (without loss), C2 and C3 transposed (pages 19/20 and 21/22, trimmed to image and laid down on 20th-century paper), full-page engraved portrait of Ovid, and 15 full-page engraved plates by Savery after Clein, title with some losses, and somewhat crudely restored with blank paper to margins recto and further portions verso, occasional marks and minor soiling, final two leaves soiled and lightly spotted, final leaf with several creases, modern white cloth-backed patterned boards (endpapers renewed), rubbed and some marks, folio (Quantity: 2) Provenance: From the library Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent. STC18966; Sabin 76458 (Ovid). The 2nd edition of Sandys' translation, but the first to include the engravings, as well as the translation of Virgil at the end. George Sandys (1578-1644) published his translation of the first five books of Ovid's Metamorphoses in 1621, without illustrations, shortly after which he left for Virginia, having been appointed treasurer for the English colonists recently established in Virginia, by his brother Sir Edwin Sandys and the Earl of Southampton. Sandys sailed in July 1621, reaching Jamestown in October. The Virginia Company was dissolved in 1624, and Sandys returned to England the following year. Sandy's full translation of all 15 books first appeared in 1626. The present work is the author's heavily revised edition, with numerous added notes, the elegant full-page copper engraved plates, as well as his translation of the first book of Virgil's Aeneis.