1651 OVID Metamorphoses Greek & Roman Mythology ART Furious Roland Aeneid Paris

1651 OVID Metamorphoses Greek & Roman Mythology ART Furious Roland Aeneid Paris

“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

Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ is one of the most famous works of Greek and Roman mythology and history of the 1st-century. It is known to have inspired the works of Dante, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and even Shakespeare as well as works of visual art and music. This epic poem recounts the history of the world from creation to the death of Julius Caesar with accounts of famous mythological figures such as Jason, Hercules, Orpheus and Eurydice, Achilles, Ulyesses, and even the fall of Troy!

This 1651 Berthelin edition was published in Rouen and features 15 exquisite, full-page engravings and translated into French by Renouard. In addition to ‘Metamorphoses’ the Metamorphoses Discourses, this book contains Ovid’s revisions of the Aeneid and Orlando Furioso.

Item number: #20351

Price: $950

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Les Métamorphoses d’Ovide, traduites en françois, avec des remarques et des explications historiques

Rouen : Berthelin, 1651.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 parts
  • ‘Metamorphoses’ – [22], 740, [14]
    • Includes 15 engravings, plus engraved title page
  • ‘Judgement of Paris’ – 53, [1]
  • ‘Discourses’ – 272 (i.e., 274), [12]
  • ‘Epistres’ – 119, [1]
• Language: French
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in (16cm x 10.5cm)

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