Fables ancient and modern / translated into verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer, with orginal poems, by Mr. Dryden.
| Author/creator | Dryden, John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for Jacob Tonson ..., MDCC [1700] |
| Description | [42], 646 [i.e. 558], [2] p. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240956957 |
| Other author/creator | Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. |
| Other author/creator | Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. |
| Other author/creator | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. |
| Other author/creator | Homer. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| 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. |
| General note | In verse. |
| General note | Half title page reads : Mr. Dryden's fables. |
| General note | "To His Grace the Duke of Ormond" signed: John Dryden. |
| General note | Error in paging: p. 272-359 omitted. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. |
| References | Wing D2278. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1503:7) |
| Stock number | CL0037000053 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |