OVID (43BC - 17AD). Les Metamorphoses. Translated by Banier. Paris: Delalain, 1767-71. 4 volumes, 4° (254 x 182mm). Half- titles, engraved additional title, 3-page engraved dedication, and 140 plates by Boucher, Moreau and others. (Faint marginal dampstain, this reaching a few plates in vol. I, wormhole in the bottom margin of vol. III.) Modern cat's paw leather to style, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco labels, edges gilt.

OVID (43BC - 17AD). Les Metamorphoses. Translated by Banier. Paris: Delalain, 1767-71. 4 volumes, 4° (254 x 182mm). Half- titles, engraved additional title, 3-page engraved dedication, and 140 plates by Boucher, Moreau and others. (Faint marginal dampstain, this reaching a few plates in vol. I, wormhole in the bottom margin of vol. III.) Modern cat's paw leather to style, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco labels, edges gilt.

'A SUPERB WORK' (Cohen-de Ricci), and 'A HIGH POINT AMONG ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY' (Ray). Cohen-de Ricci 769; Ray French, 62a.