1651 Ovid Metamorphoses Myth ROME Illustrated French ed Renouard

“I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.”

― Ovid, Metamorphoses

This mid-17th-century printing of the works of Ovid includes his most famous work ‘Metamorphoses’ along with ‘Discourses’ and ‘Epistles.’ These works were some of the most important works of Roman poetry in the 1st-century covering classical mythology and life in Ancient Rome.

This 1651 edition is a revised reissue of the first illustrated French edition of Ovid, which was first published in 1621. It features the translation and commentary of Nicholas Renouard along with ‘Judgement of Paris.’ Renouard supplemented each Ovid poem with explanations of each

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Les metamorphoses d'Ovide : Avec quinze discours, contenant l'explication Morale des Fables : Ensemble Quelques Epistres traduites d'Ovide, et divers autres Traictez, dont ceste Impression a esté augmentée

Rouen : Berthelin, 1651.

Details:

•Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 parts in 1

•[18], 740, [14]; 53, [1]; 272 (i.e. 274), [12]; 119, [1]

•4 full-page engravings engravings

•Language: English

•Binding: Leather; tight & secure

•Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 11cm)

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