OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS. Metamorphoseon libri XV. Printer's woodcut device on title; 178 woodcut...
OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS. Metamorphoseon libri XV. Printer's woodcut device on title; 178 woodcut text illustrations by Virgil Solis. [16], 573, [18] pages. 8vo, 159x95 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with brass catches, lacking clasps, small hole in pigskin on rear cover; contents toned with occasional soiling and mostly minor stains, partly scored later inscriptions on title, scattered underscoring and marginalia including partial verse numbering, small ink note in illustration on page 8, single small wormhole through approximately the last 20 leaves not impairing legibility. Bookplate of Douglas Maxwell Moffat. Frankfurt am Main: (Johann Feyerabend for Sigmund Feyerabend et al.), 1587
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Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $1,875
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OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS. Metamorphoseon libri XV. Printer's woodcut device on title; 178 woodcut text illustrations by Virgil Solis. [16], 573, [18] pages. 8vo, 159x95 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with brass catches, lacking clasps, small hole in pigskin on rear cover; contents toned with occasional soiling and mostly minor stains, partly scored later inscriptions on title, scattered underscoring and marginalia including partial verse numbering, small ink note in illustration on page 8, single small wormhole through approximately the last 20 leaves not impairing legibility. Bookplate of Douglas Maxwell Moffat. Frankfurt am Main: (Johann Feyerabend for Sigmund Feyerabend et al.), 1587
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $1,875
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