OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 B.C.-?17 A.D.). Les Metamorphoses. Translated by Thomas Corneille (1625-1709). Paris: Claude Barbin, 1669.
12o ( 157 x 91 mm). Two etched frontispieces; numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces. (Some minor occasional dampstaining.) Contemporary French calf gilt (a little wear). Provenance: acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1966.
First edition of Corneille's translation of the first two books of the Metamorphoses, by the French dramatist and brother of Pierre, the "great Corneille." STC/French 1601-1700 O-236.
OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 B.C.-?17 A.D.). Les Metamorphoses. Translated by Thomas Corneille (1625-1709). Paris: Claude Barbin, 1669.
12o ( 157 x 91 mm). Two etched frontispieces; numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces. (Some minor occasional dampstaining.) Contemporary French calf gilt (a little wear). Provenance: acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1966.
First edition of Corneille's translation of the first two books of the Metamorphoses, by the French dramatist and brother of Pierre, the "great Corneille." STC/French 1601-1700 O-236.
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