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Publication Rush for Ovid Translation and Times of War
A late 17th century notice announces next Saturday’s public sale of a new translation of Ovids Metamorphoses with sixteen engravings by various hands and editions from multiple London publishers. Other items include The Relative Duties of Parents and Children and Husbands and Wives in 16 Discourses, selfmurder sermons, The Seat of the War in Turkey with Hungarian history, and The Life of Dr Robert South with travels and sermons. Also advertised are remedies and curiosities offered by vendors, with local lodging and market details for readers.
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Ovid
Mr. Sewell
Philips
J. Hughes
Pope
Gay
Chute
Theobald
Capt. Morrice
A. Bettesworth
Red-Lyon
W. Taylor
W. Pleetwood
D. D
James Boys
Coggashall
Essex
W. Churchill
Paternoster Row
J.pemberton
Fleetstreet
W. Meers
J. Browne
Temple-bar
Symon
Royal Exchange
Robert South
Poland
Barl
Rochester
Oxford
E.curll
Dunftan
Fleetitreet
S. Bartlett
Adlamib
Lincoln’s Inn- Fields
Holbourn
London
England
Cosnbey
Bron
Ben, Johnson
Rngland
John Philips
Bell
Johnson