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Thursday 04 July 2024 e Friday 05 July 2024, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Ovidio Nasone, Publio

Metamorphoseon Books XV, 1586

Estimate

€ 140 - 240

Sold

€ 581

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Venetiis, Niccolò Moretti, 1586. In 2°. Large woodcut mark on the title page, woodcut friezes, numerous woodcut vignettes in the text, text with commentary on both sides, light browning, slight marginal foxing, small water stain on the external margin of a few installments, margins of the first leaves slightly worn , contemporary binding in full parchment, worn, plate and spine partially detached from the body of the book. Membership signature on the title page

Specialist Notes

Beautiful edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses, enriched by the commentary of the Venetian humanist and philologist Raffaele Regio (c.ca 1440-1520)