
P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV
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Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV. Cum Versione Anglica, ad Verbum, quantum fieri potuit, facta. Or. Ovid's Metamorphoses. With an English Translation, as Literal as possible, and the Original Text carefully corrected [by J. Clarke].
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