



Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards show slight signs of wear. Small stain on front board near free edge. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Unmarked copy. Includes slipcase. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Metamorphoses --the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity--takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melville's new translation reproduces the grace and fluency of Ovid's style, and its modern idiom offers a fresh understanding...