1767 ❧ 'A high point among illustrated books of the 18th century' OVID, PUBLIUS NASO. 43 ...
1767 ❧ 'A high point among illustrated books of the 18th century' OVID, PUBLIUS NASO. 43 B.C.-17 A.D. Les Metamorphoses. Paris, [Prault for] Leclerc (vols. I-II), and Delalain (vols. III-IV), 1767-1771. 4 volumes, 4to (248 x 187 mm.) Parallel text in French and Latin, title pages printed in red and black. Additional engraved title, engraved dedication, and 140 plates after Eisen, Boucher, Gravelot, Moreau, Choffard and others, engraved vignettes, woodcut and typographic tailpieces. Very occasional spotting. Contemporary mottled calf with three gilt rule fillets and marbled endpapers, spine in six compartments with fleurons in four and lettering pieces in two, all edges gilt. Joints and extremities lightly rubbed. Provenance: (Louise Claudine?) Broband (embossed bookplate). 'A superb work' (Cohen-de Ricci) and 'a high point among illustrated books of the eighteenth century' (Ray). Universally considered one of the pinnacle achievements of 18th-century French book production, this edition represents a monumental collaboration among the finest rococo artists and engravers of the period. Cohen-de Ricci 769; Ray French, 62a. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
[ translate ]1767 ❧ 'A high point among illustrated books of the 18th century' OVID, PUBLIUS NASO. 43 B.C.-17 A.D. Les Metamorphoses. Paris, [Prault for] Leclerc (vols. I-II), and Delalain (vols. III-IV), 1767-1771. 4 volumes, 4to (248 x 187 mm.) Parallel text in French and Latin, title pages printed in red and black. Additional engraved title, engraved dedication, and 140 plates after Eisen, Boucher, Gravelot, Moreau, Choffard and others, engraved vignettes, woodcut and typographic tailpieces. Very occasional spotting. Contemporary mottled calf with three gilt rule fillets and marbled endpapers, spine in six compartments with fleurons in four and lettering pieces in two, all edges gilt. Joints and extremities lightly rubbed. Provenance: (Louise Claudine?) Broband (embossed bookplate). 'A superb work' (Cohen-de Ricci) and 'a high point among illustrated books of the eighteenth century' (Ray). Universally considered one of the pinnacle achievements of 18th-century French book production, this edition represents a monumental collaboration among the finest rococo artists and engravers of the period. Cohen-de Ricci 769; Ray French, 62a. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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