1651 OVID Metamorphoses Greek
& Roman Mythology ART Furious Roland Aeneid Paris
“I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it
up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask
that they be years of youth.”
― Ovid, Metamorphoses
Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ is one
of the most famous works of Greek and Roman mythology and history of the
1st-century. It is known to have inspired the works of Dante, Boccaccio,
Chaucer, and even Shakespeare as well as works of visual art and music. This
epic poem recounts the history of the world from creation to the death of
Julius Caesar with accounts of famous mythological figures such as Jason,
Hercules, Orpheus and Eurydice, Achilles, Ulyesses, and even the fall of Troy!
This 1651 Berthelin edition was published in Rouen and features 15
exquisite, full-page engravings and translated into French by Renouard. In
addition to ‘Metamorphoses’ the Metamorphoses Discourses, this book
contains Ovid’s revisions of the Aeneid
and Orlando Furioso.
Item number: #20351
Price: $950
OVID, P Naso
Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide, traduites en françois, avec des remarques
et des explications historiques
Rouen : Berthelin, 1651.
Details:
· Collation: Complete
with all pages; 4 parts
o ‘Metamorphoses’
– [22], 740, [14]
§ Includes 15 engravings,
plus engraved title page
o ‘Judgement of
Paris’ – 53, [1]
o ‘Discourses’
– 272 (i.e., 274), [12]
o ‘Epistres’ –
119, [1]
· Language: French
· Binding: Vellum;
tight and secure
· Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in (16cm
x 10.5cm)
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