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1114 - OVIDIUS NASO, Publius’s *Metamorphoses*, or *Books of Metamorphosis*—that is, one hundred and fifty new, artfully crafted copperplate engravings, from [...] Ovid’s Fifteen Books on the Wondrous Transformation of Forms, intended for lovers of all the fine arts—such as painters, engravers, sculptors, stonemasons, and moldmakers, goldsmiths, silversmiths, ironworkers, and wax modelers [...] for their service and benefit, and published with German rhymes [...]. Nuremberg: P. Fürst [c. 1640] Obl. 8vo, entirely engraved: title-frontispiece, 150 plates (some (damp)staining, first plate frayed, numerous tears mostly repaired with some partial loss of text and occasional minor loss of image, e.g., on plates 46, 53). Modern sheepskin, blind-ruled on boards (rubbed, some small stains, partly disbound). First edition, complete with frontispiece and 150 copperplate engravings by Abraham Aubry after Johann Wilhelm Baur, with titles in Latin and captions in Latin and German verse. Ref. VD17 23:294342R. - Thieme-Becker III:90 Formerly owned by “J.L.” (stamp on title page).
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OVIDIUS NASO, Publius’s *Metamorphoses*, or *Books of Metamorphosis*—that is, one hundred and fifty new, artfully crafted copperplate engravings, from [...] Ovid’s Fifteen Books on the Wondrous Transformation of Forms, intended for lovers of all the fine arts—such as painters, engravers, sculptors, stonemasons, and moldmakers, goldsmiths, silversmiths, ironworkers, and wax modelers [...] for their service and benefit, and published with German rhymes [...]. Nuremberg: P. Fürst [c. 1640] Obl. 8vo, entirely engraved: title-frontispiece, 150 plates (some (damp)staining, first plate frayed, numerous tears mostly repaired with some partial loss of text and occasional minor loss of image, e.g., on plates 46, 53). Modern sheepskin, blind-ruled on boards (rubbed, some small stains, partly disbound). First edition, complete with frontispiece and 150 copperplate engravings by Abraham Aubry after Johann Wilhelm Baur, with titles in Latin and captions in Latin and German verse. Ref. VD17 23:294342R. - Thieme-Becker III:90 Formerly owned by “J.L.” (stamp on title page).
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