OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 B.C.-?17 A.D.). Les métamorphoses ... gravées sur les desseins des meilleurs peintres français. Paris: Basan & Le Mire, [c. 1770]. 8° (248 x 163mm). All-engraved with title, 2-leaf dedication, a further 138 plates after Charles Eisen J.M. Moreau, C. Monnet, F. Boucher, and others, a fine cul-de-lampe after Choffard, and 20-page table. (Slightly dust soiled, occasional repaired tears to margins.) Fine dark blue morocco by Rivière, gilt supralibros, nonuple rule border, spine gilt in compartments, edges gilt. Provenance : purchased from Pro-Libris, 1954.
OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 B.C.-?17 A.D.). Les métamorphoses ... gravées sur les desseins des meilleurs peintres français. Paris: Basan & Le Mire, [c. 1770]. 8° (248 x 163mm). All-engraved with title, 2-leaf dedication, a further 138 plates after Charles Eisen J.M. Moreau, C. Monnet, F. Boucher, and others, a fine cul-de-lampe after Choffard, and 20-page table. (Slightly dust soiled, occasional repaired tears to margins.) Fine dark blue morocco by Rivière, gilt supralibros, nonuple rule border, spine gilt in compartments, edges gilt. Provenance : purchased from Pro-Libris, 1954. 'SUPERBE OUVRAGE, c'est un des plus galamment illustrés de tout le siècle'. Ovid's text was omitted, focussing attention on the magnificent suite of illustrations. cf. Cohen-de Ricci 769-772.
OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 B.C.-?17 A.D.). Les métamorphoses ... gravées sur les desseins des meilleurs peintres français. Paris: Basan & Le Mire, [c. 1770]. 8° (248 x 163mm). All-engraved with title, 2-leaf dedication, a further 138 plates after Charles Eisen J.M. Moreau, C. Monnet, F. Boucher, and others, a fine cul-de-lampe after Choffard, and 20-page table. (Slightly dust soiled, occasional repaired tears to margins.) Fine dark blue morocco by Rivière, gilt supralibros, nonuple rule border, spine gilt in compartments, edges gilt. Provenance : purchased from Pro-Libris, 1954.
OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 B.C.-?17 A.D.). Les métamorphoses ... gravées sur les desseins des meilleurs peintres français. Paris: Basan & Le Mire, [c. 1770]. 8° (248 x 163mm). All-engraved with title, 2-leaf dedication, a further 138 plates after Charles Eisen J.M. Moreau, C. Monnet, F. Boucher, and others, a fine cul-de-lampe after Choffard, and 20-page table. (Slightly dust soiled, occasional repaired tears to margins.) Fine dark blue morocco by Rivière, gilt supralibros, nonuple rule border, spine gilt in compartments, edges gilt. Provenance : purchased from Pro-Libris, 1954. 'SUPERBE OUVRAGE, c'est un des plus galamment illustrés de tout le siècle'. Ovid's text was omitted, focussing attention on the magnificent suite of illustrations. cf. Cohen-de Ricci 769-772.
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