1558 ILLUSTRATED OVID'S METAMORPHOSIS by LODOVICO DOLCE

OVID. 43 B.C.E.-17 A.D.E.
Fifth edition of this fully illustrated translation of Ovid's Metamorphosis by Dolce.
DOLCE, LODOVICO, translator. c.1508-1568.
Le trasformationi.
Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1558.
Small 4to: 6 3/4 by 8 3/4" (220 x 160 mm).
Allegorical frontispiece, title within woodcut border, woodcut illustrations and initials in text, woodcut printers device on colophon.
Early limp vellum, inked titles on spine (faded).
Text block loose, binding worn and stained. Lacks ties.
Text in Latin
Bongi Giolito II, p 20; see Mortimer Italian 342 (for 1553 edition).

Lodovico Dolce (1508/10–1568) was an Italian man of letters and theorist of painting. He was a broadly based Venetian humanist and prolific author, translator and editor; he is now mostly remembered for his Dialogue on Painting or L'Aretino (1557), and his involvement in artistic controversies of the day. He became a friend of Titian's, and often acted as in effect his public relations man.

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