Auction 360 Old & Rare Books - Classical Antiquity
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OVIDIUS. Metamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux imprimez et enrichis de figures par ordre de sa Majesté, dediéz à Monseigneur le Dauphin. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1697. 2 in 1 vol. (12), 243, (1); 220, (4) pp. W. 2 engr. fronts., 2 engr. circular portrs. in red on ti-pp. & 231 half-p. engrs. by Chr. Van Hagen after the ones in the original ed. of 1676 by F. Chauveau, S. Le Clerc and J. Lepautre. Late 18th c. cf. w. raised bands, black lavel, sides ruled in gilt, inside dentelles & beautiful marbled edges. (Skilfully rebacked w. use of old spine, closed tears in lvs. of quire 'L', leaf B4 professionally restored, small tear in g4, a few mild stains, else fine).

Rare edition (1st Paris 1676) of this conversion of the "Métamorphoses" in the form of "rondeaux", or poems with a fixed form, by the French court poet I. de Benserade. - Brunet IV, 288-89. - With bookplate of Marcel Bertrand.

€ 700

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