Fables ancient and modern / translated into verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer, with original poems, by Mr. Dryden.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1503:7.
Main Author: Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Other Authors: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Homer
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for Jacob Tonson ..., MDCC [1700]
Series:Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1503:7.
Physical Description:42 unnumbered pages, 646, that is, 558 pages, 2 unnumbered pages
Format: Microfilm Book
Contents:
  • Preface
  • To Her Grace the Dutchess of Ormonde
  • Palamon and Arcite ... from Chaucer
  • To my honour'd kinsman John Driden
  • Meleager and Atalanta ... Sigismonda and Guiscardo, from Boccace
  • Baucis and Philemon ... Pygmalion and the statue ... Cinyras and myrrhas, The first book of Homer's Ilias
  • The cock and the fox ... from Chaucer
  • Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace
  • Ceyx and Alcyone
  • The flower and the leaf ... Mr. Dryden's ode in honour of St. Cecilia's Day, 1697
  • The twelfth book of Ovid his Metamorphoses ... The speeches of Ajax and Ulysses, ... The wife of Bath, her tale
  • Of the Pythagorean philosophy ... The character of a good parson / imitated from Chaucer and inlarg'd
  • The monument of a fair maiden lady ... Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace
  • The knight's tale / ... written by Geffrey Chaucer
  • The tale of the nun's priest / ... written by Geffrey Chaucer
  • The floure and the leafe / ... written by Geffrey Chaucer
  • The wife of Bathe's tale / ... written by Geffrey Chaucer.