1670 Ovid Metamorphoses 1ed ILLUSTRATED Myth ROME Mythology Heinsius Commentary

1670 Ovid Metamorphoses 1^ed ILLUSTRATED Myth ROME Mythology Heinsius Commentary

“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 first Hackiana edition of the works of Ovid is very rare! This printing includes notes and commentary of Nicolas Heinsius, and according to Brunet,

“this edition’s notes are more numerous and better chosen than that of the previous edition. [i.e. Schrevelio, 1661]”

Further still, Graesse says of the commentary in this edition:

“The publisher has made a fairly reasonable choice of the commentaries of the various commentators.”

This complete 3-volume set includes Ovid’s most famous work ‘Metamorphoses’ and is illustrated with 19 beautiful full-page copper engravings

Item number: #10403

Price: $950

OVID, P Naso

1. Ovidii Nasonis Opera omnia, in tres tomos divisa, cum integris Nicolai Heinsii … lectissimisque variorum notis: quibus non pauca, ad suos quæque antiquitatis fontes diligenti comparatione reducta, accesserunt, studio Borchardi Cnippingii.

Lugduni Batavorum: Ex officina Hackiana, 1670. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
  • I – P. Ovidii Nasonis, Operum: Epist. Heroidum De arte amandi, &c.
    • [12], 832, [14]
    • 2 engraved plates
  • II – Pub. Ovidii Nasonis Operum: Metamorphoseōn libri XV
    • 805, [11]
    • 16 engraved plates
  • III – P. Ovidii Nasonis Operum: Fastor lib. Tristium. De Ponto & in ibin.
    • 810, [8]
    • 1 engraved plate
  • References: Brunet IV, 272; Graesse VI, 70; Rahir 567
    • Rahir: “this edition belongs to the Variorum collection”
  • Language: Latin
  • Binding: Leather; tight & secure
  • Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)

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