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Estim. 50 - 60 EUR

ARNOULD (Reynold) & OVIDE. Orpheus. Fragment des Métamorphoses. Paris, Compagnie française des arts graphiques, 1945. In-4 on ff., printed cover in folder and slipcase. Spine of folder faded, some minor wear to slipcase. Drypoints by Reynold Arnould. Edition of 308 copies; n°28 of 67 on Auvergne pur chiffon à la main, including a suite on Berzélius of all the engravings.

Estim. 50 - 80 EUR

[Manuscript, 17th century] Interesting manuscript containing numerous Latin and French quotations. ca.1650, approx. 220p. Important collection of quotations, without reference, from Ovid (metamorphoses, amours), Claudian (Prospérine's abduction), Virgil, and others. If no table is provided, the subjects of the quotations are indicated in glosses. The French quotations include a sonnet by Tristan l'Hermite and others by the same author (Vers héroïques, La mer). Notes on back cover. Remainder of period binding, most certainly incomplete compared to original (mainly first and last pages). A fine manuscript for study.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Pablo PICASSO (Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973) Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1931 Suite of three etchings on Japon paper, with black and sepia notes, from "Métamorphoses" Lausanne: Albert Skira ed.,1931 Printer Louis Fort, Paris 33.2 x 26 cm (sheet) An etching on filled vellum by Henri Matisse from "Poésies" (pl. XIV) is included. Lausanne : Albert Skira & Cie. ed., 1932 Edition of 145 copies. 32.6 x 25 cm (subject) / 32.6 x 50 cm (sheet) Provenance : Alice and Henri Dupont Collection Inherited by the current owners Cramer 19 (for Picasso) Garnaud 5 (for Matisse)

Starting price 150 EUR

OVIDE. Operum. Amstelodami, Ex typographia Blaviana, 1683. 3 volumes in-8 brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). Covers and spines worn, rubbed. Illustrated with 3 fine frontispiece titles, a portrait, and 15 fine full-page engraved figures for the Metamorphoses. Small marginal wormholes on several pages of Volume II. A rare and attractive edition of Ovid's works. Ex-libris Pierre Culot.

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