Title: Metamorphoses

Title: Metamorphoses Title Record # 1450242
Author: Ovid
Date: 0008-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: Latin

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Completion date is A.D. 8. Oldest known existing manuscripts (incomplete) date to the 9th century.
For details on the manuscript tradition of Metamorphoses see Richard Treat Bruere, "The Manuscript Tradition of Ovid's Metamorphoses". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 50: 95–122, 1939. An introduction to the manuscript tradition is available online here. There are 570 known manuscripts (fragments, partial, and complete), which are listed at Project Ovidio.
For a listing of some 830 editions of this work (including duplicates) see WorldCat. Project Ovidio also includes a listing of 363 printed editions before 1800 (37 from the 15th century; 121 from the 16th; 76 from the 17th; and 129 from the 18th).
A large collection of online versions of "Metamorphoses", in 8 languages and several textual variants, is available through Univ. of Virginia.

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Year	Title
1534	P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon
1736	Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon

Year	Language	Title
1480^ⓘTranslated by William Caxton, the first translation into English. The 1480 translation survives only in a single manuscript copy. Experts are uncertain as to whether it was ever published, but if it was, no copy is known to have survived. The library at UW-Milwaukee writes "there is no evidence to suggest [Caxton] ever translated a text only to be used in manuscript form. Therefore, it is likely Caxton issued a printed edition of Metamorphoses at about 1480, though no copies survive today." Caxton's translation was made not from the original Latin but from a prose version of the French "Ovide moralisé" (Richard J. Moll), which the National Library of Australia refers to as a "French moralized version" of the work. "Caxton's handwritten and illuminated manuscript translation of Ovid's classic was separated into two halves at some point. These halves came to be known as the Pepys and the Phillipps manuscripts. They were reunited in the 1960's when the Phillipps manuscript (Books I-IX) was discovered and redeemed to Magdalene College; Pepys had left his portion (Books X-XV) to the College in his will, dated 1703." (Franklin Books) For more details on the elaborate negotiations required to marry those two halves back together, see James M. Wells, "William Caxton's Translation of the Metamorphoses of Ovid. William Caxton," The Library Quarterly 40, no. 1 (Jan., 1970), pp. 202-203.	English	The Metamorphoses of Ovid
1484	French	Metamorphoses
1484^ⓘGeneral title record for English variations where the translator is unknown or uncredited.	English	The Metamorphoses of Ovid
1539^ⓘTranslated by Lodovico Dolce The first edition of the initial translation by Lodovico Dolce (1508/1510-1568) into Italian. It appears that only one 70 page volume of the translation was published: WorldCat records 4 copies of this book, and no copies of any later volumes. In 1542 Dolce began working with Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari, and those editions include his translation of the entire Metamorphoses. The Giolito editions appear under the title Le Trasformationi [ di M. Lodovico Dolce ] from that publisher.	Italian	Il primo libro delle Trasformationi
1539	French	Les XV livres de la Metamorphose
1553^ⓘTranslated by Lodovico Dolce (1508/10-1568). Dolce translated the first book of the Metamorphoses for Bindone & Pasini in 1539, but did not publish any further volumes with them. According to The Roman Inquisition and the Venetian Press, 1540-1605, p. 11, there were two editions published in 1553, with reprints by Giolito in 1555, 1557, 1558, 1561, and by Domenico Farri in 1570. WorldCat records most of these and a 1568 edition by F. Sansovino. More an adaptation than a translation, Dolce uses different fables than Ovid did, resulting in a work "far removed from the original text of Ovid". (Source: Librairie Ancienne J.-Marc Dechaud, Crissay sur Manse, France). Dolce deliberately does not include the name of Ovid on the title page, and lists only his own name. On Dolci's original paraphrase of Ovidius see Ronnie H. Terpening; Lodovico Dolce Renaissance Man of Letters' (Toronto 1997).	Italian	Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce
1559^ⓘ Abridged/Translated by Gabriel Simeoni. Sub-titled: figurato & abbreviato in forma d'epigrammi da M. Gabriello Symeoni. Con altre stanze sopra gl'effetti della luna: il ritrato d'una fontana 'overnia: & un apologia generale nella fine del libro.	Italian	La Vita et Metamorfoseo
1561^ⓘTranslated by Giovanni Andrea dell' Anguillara.	Italian	Le Metamorfosi di Ovidio
1567^ⓘTranslated by Arthur Golding The translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses that Shakespeare used, and that influenced his writing. The first translation of The Metamorphoses directly from Latin to English, and the first reasonably available English edition of that work. Preceded in 1565 by a publication of the translation of the first 4 books.	English	The XV Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis
1626^ⓘTranslated by 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.	English	Ovid's Metamorphoses Englished by G. S.
1669^ⓘTranslated by Thomas Corneille, "T. Corneille de l'Academie Françoise".	French	Les Metamorphoses
1676	Italian	Delle Metamorfosi D'Ovidio [as by Ovidio]
1676^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	French	Métamorphoses [as by Ovide]
1676	French	Metamorphoses d'Ovide en Rondeaux
1732^ⓘTranslated by Isaak Verburg	Dutch	De gedaant-wisselingen
1732^ⓘ"Translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve, and other eminent hands." (WorldCat, OCLC 14096903.)	English	Ovid's Metamorphoses
1734^ⓘTranslated by M. l'abbé de Bellegarde	French	Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide [as by Ovide]
1735^ⓘTranslated by John Clarke.	English	Metamorphoses
1771^ⓘTranslated by Banier. Do not merge with other titles that share the name & language, but do not share the same translator.	French	Les Metamorphoses
1819	Spanish	Metamorfóseos ó transformaciones de Ovidio
1904^ⓘTranslated by Arthur Golding. This is, essentially, a reprint of the 1567 edition, translated by Golding.	English	Shakespeare's Ovid Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses
1917	English	Ovid's Metamorphoses
1955^ⓘTranslated by Mary M. Innes	English	The Metamorphoses of Ovid
1958	English	The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso
1977^ⓘBooks I-VIII of Metamorphoses. Translated by Frank Justus Miller	English	Ovid III: Metamorphoses I
1990^ⓘTranslated by Gerhard Fink, who also was the responsible editor	German	Metamorphosen: Das Buch der Mythen und Verwandlungen
1993^ⓘNew verse translation. Translated by Allen Mandelbaum.	English	The Metamorphoses of Ovid
2002^ⓘTranslated by Arthur Golding in 1567 under a different title.	English	Ovid's Metamorphoses
2004^ⓘTranslated by Xosé Antón Dobarro Posada from Latin to Galician.	Galician	Metamorfoses
2004^ⓘTranslated by David Raeburn	English	Metamorphoses
2007	English	The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid
2008	English	The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV
2023^ⓘTranslated by C. Luke Soucy	English	Metamorphoses

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Metamorphoses	0008-00-00	Ovid					unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Metamorphoses	1479-00-00	Ovid	Printer of Ovidius (Parma)				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Metamorphoses of Ovid	1480-00-00	Ovid	William Caxton				other^?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	novel	William Caxton
Metamorphoses	1484-05-00	Ovid	Colard Mansion			778	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Metamorphoses	1505-00-00	Ovid	Francesco Mazali (Parma)			166	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon	1534-00-00	Ovid	Seb. Gryphium (Lyon)			[xxxvi]+ 423+ [5]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Il primo libro delle Trasformationi	1539-00-00	Ovid	Bindone & Pasini			[70]	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Les XV livres de la Metamorphose	1539-00-00	Ovid	Denys Janot			87+ 100+ 116	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce	1553-00-00	Ovid	Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari			[12]+ 309+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce	1553-00-00	Ovid	Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari			[16]+ 309+ [11]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce	1555-00-00	Ovid	Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari			[8]+ 309+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon	1556-00-00	Ovid	Ioan. Gryphium (Venice)			[xvi]+ 432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce	1557-00-00	Ovid	Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari			[16]+ 309+ [3]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce	1558-00-00	Ovid	Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
La Vita et Metamorfoseo	1559-00-00	Ovid	Jean de Tournes				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Le Metamorfosi di Ovidio	1561-00-00	Ovid	Giovanni Griffio			502	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce	1561-00-00	Ovid	Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari			[12]+ 320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon	1565-00-00	Ovid	Antonium Gryphium (Lugduni)			453	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The XV Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis	1567-00-00	Ovid	Willyam Seres			200	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce	1568-00-00	Ovid	F. Sansovino			302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce	1570-00-00	Ovid	Domenico Farri			[8]+ 314+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le Metamorfosi di Ovidio	1572-00-00	Ovid	Appresso Francesco de' Franceschi Sanese			209	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Le Metamorfosi di Ovidio	1588-00-00	Ovid	Peter Deuchino			486	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Ovid's Metamorphoses Englished by G. S.	1626-00-00	Ovid	William Stansby			[17]+ 326+ [5]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Metamorphoses	1651-00-00	Ovid	Augustin Courbé			474+ 174+ 216	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Les Metamorphoses	1669-00-00	Ovid	Chez la Veuve de Claude Barbin			[14]+ 234+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
P. Ovidii Nasonis: Metamorphoseon	1670-00-00	Ovid	Lugduni Batavorum				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Delle Metamorfosi D'Ovidio	1676-00-00	Ovidio	Zaccaria Conzatti			502	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Métamorphoses	1676-00-00	Ovide	Imprimerie Royale			xii+ 463	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel	Sebastien Le Clerc
Metamorphoses d'Ovide en Rondeaux	1676-00-00	Ovid	L'Imprimerie Royale			463	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Les Metamorphoses	1697-00-00	Ovid	Jean Guignard			472+ 480+ 454	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Metamorphoses of Ovid	1717-00-00	Ovid	Jacob Tonson				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
De gedaant-wisselingen van P. Ovidius Naso	1732-00-00	Ovid	Wetsteins and Smith			[16]+ 247, [2]+ 276+ [4]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and English	1732-00-00	Ovid	Wetsteins and Smith				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide	1734-00-00	Ovide	Jean Swart				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Metamorphoseon	1735-00-00	John Clarke (18th century)	A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch			vii+ 479	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	omni
Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon	1736-00-00	Ovid	Hieron. Christiani Paulli			[vii]+ 621+ [6]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Metamorphoseon	1739-00-00	John Clarke (18th century)	Alexander Millar			120+ 179	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	omni
Metamorphoseon	1741-00-00	John Clarke (18th century)	C. Hitch			viii+ 479	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	omni
Les Metamorphoses	1771-00-00	Ovid	Delalain				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Metamorphoses	1773-00-00	Ovid	T. Davies, T. Becket, T. Caslon, G. Robinson, and T. Evans				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Metamorphoses	1773-00-00	Ovid	T. Davies, T. Becket, T. Caslon, G. Robinson, and T. Evans			239+ 359	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Metamorfóseos ó transformaciones de Ovidio	1819-00-00	Ovid	Imprenta Real			v+ 399	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Shakespeare's Ovid Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses	1904-00-00	Ovid	De La More Press (King's Library #3)			[14]+ vi+ 321	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Ovid's Metamorphoses	1917-00-00	Ovid	A. Bettesworth and W. Taylor				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Ovid's Metamorphoses	1924-00-00	Ovid	S. Palmer			x+ 258+ 224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Metamorphoses of Ovid	1955-07-00	Ovid	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics #L58)		3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	394	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Diebel
Ovid's Metamorphoses	1958-00-00	Ovid	Limited Editions Club			lvi+ 519	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso	1958-00-00	Ovid	Golden Cockerel Press			248	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Metamorphoses of Ovid	1968-00-00	Ovid	George Braziller				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Ovid III: Metamorphoses I	1977-00-00	Ovid	Harvard University Press (Loeb Classical Library)	0-674-99046-3 / 42		xvi+ 467	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Metamorphosen: Das Buch der Mythen und Verwandlungen	1990-00-00	Ovid	Artemis	3-7608-1016-0	DM 48.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	488	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Metamorphoses of Ovid	1993-10-00	Ovid	Harcourt Brace	0-15-170529-1	$40.00^?$: US dollar	559	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Ovid's Metamorphoses	2002-00-00	Ovid	Penguin Canada (Penguin Classics)	0-14-042230-7		xxxviii+ 535	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Metamorfoses	2004-00-00	Ovid	Galaxia (Clásicos en galego #24)	84-8288-775-0	€49.80^?€: Euro	757	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Metamorphoses	2004-00-00	Ovid	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)	0-14-044789-X		xli+ 723	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Gianlorenzo Bernini
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid	2007-01-08	Ovid	Project Gutenberg	21765			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	2008-07-16	Ovid	Project Gutenberg	26073			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and English	2011-00-00	Ovid	The Easton Press				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Metamorphoses	2023-11-07	Ovid	University of California Press (World Literature in Translation)	978-0-520-39485-8	$17.95^?$: US dollar	680	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel

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