OVIDE (Publius Ovidius Naso)

OVIDE (Publius Ovidius Naso)

Metamorphoseôn libri XV ad fidem ed. optimarum et codicum mss. exam., nec non notis illustr. op. et St. Th. Farnabii. Ed. n. pr. in Gallia et multis figuris aeneis adorn. Paris, Morelli, 1637. In-folio of [2] ff.-88 pp. Brown basane, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). Worn binding (headbands torn off, mros split, corners dull, rubbed and worn). Frontispiece title in English dated 1632, allegorical portrait and 15 intaglio plates engraved by Salomon Savery after drawings by Francis Cleyn. Sought-after edition for its remarkable illustration, which first appeared in the English translation of the work given by George Sandys in 1632 under the title Ovid's Metamorphosis, englished, mythologiz'd and represented in figures. Paper lightly and evenly browned, a few light freckles and wetnesses, a few rare marginal tears without missing.