OVID. The Metamorphoses, in Latin and French.... - Lot 5 - Copages Auction Paris

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OVID. The Metamorphoses, in Latin and French.... - Lot 5 - Copages Auction Paris
OVID. The Metamorphoses, in Latin and French. With remarks and historical explanations by Mr. l'abbé Banier. Amsterdam, R and J. Wetstein G. Smith, 1732. 2 vols. in-folio, I: title, title, (4) ff. frontispiece, 247 pp. ; II: title, pp. 249-524, (2) ff. table ; marbled calf, spine with ornamented nerves, burgundy title-piece, red tr. Cohen 768. Beautiful edition containing the Latin text and its translation, illustrated with a frontispiece by Bernard Picart, 124 vignettes in the text by Picart, Lebrun, Leclerc... and 3 plates in-text (volume II) each containing two large vignettes by Lebrun, engraved by Folkema. Binding very worn, missing, spine partly detached; stains and foxing, important on some leaves.
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