Lot 195
Ovid
Metamorphoses in Latin and English
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
translated by the most Eminent Hands. With Historical Explications of the Fables, written in French by the Abbot Banier ... Translated into English. Adorned with Sculptures, by B. Picart, and other Able Masters. Amsterdam: for the Wetsteins and Smith, 1732. 2 volumes in 1, large folio (46.5 x 29.5cm), contemporary mottled tan calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, edges sprinkled red, Latin and English text in parallel columns, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 3 plates each containing 2 engravings (bound between pp. 264-5, 272-3 and 274-5 in volume 2), title-pages in red and black, engraved headpiece to dedication, large engraved vignettes throughout the text, repaired closed tear in X3, light creasing to lower margins in volume 2 [ESTC T145731]
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the barons Rolle (engraved bookplate).