OVID. 43 B.C.E.-17 A.D.E., DOLCE, LODOVICO, translator. c.1508-1568.

Le trasformationi. Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1558.

DOLCE, LODOVICO, translator. c.1508-1568. Le trasformationi. Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1558.
Small 4to (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, insect damage to both blanks and margins of two final printed leaves (V3 and V4), scattered spotting.

Fifth edition of this translation of Ovid's Metamorphosis by Dolce. Bongi Giolito II, p 20; see Mortimer Italian 342 (for 1553 edition).