Ovidius Naso, Publius
£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd and Represented in Figures. Oxford: John Lichfield, 1632. Folio, [18], 549; translated by George Sandys, additional engraved title, portrait and 15 engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine repaired at head and base, bookplate of Sir Stafford H. Northcote Bart., frontispiece laid down before 1662 (inscribed Matt Hele, 1662), slight splitting to joints, 3 pages with very small holes (61, 161, 415)