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OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 B.C.-17? A.D.). [Opera.] Venice: Aldine Press, January 1533-1534.
3 volumes, 8° (161 x 95mm). Woodcut Aldine device on titles and last leaves, complete with blanks, vol. I collating with variant direction letters to those given in Ahmanson-Murphy. (Bb2 and dd1 in vol. II with minor marginal repairs, some leaves very lightly browned or soiled.) Red straight-grained morocco by Bozérian Jeune, signed at foot of spine of vol. I, covers framed with a border composed of overlapping circles sandwiched between double gilt fillets, quatrefoils at corners, spines with raised bands richly gilt with various sprays, foliate and dotted tools, blue silk doublures, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (joints weak). Provenance: Jean Furstenberg (bookplate).
FINE COPY, EXQUISITELY BOUND BY BOZERIAN, THE FURSTENBERG COPY.
Third, slightly revised edition of the Ovid's works, printed on the basis of the one published from 1516 (see Renouard-Moreau p. 72 no.3 and p.78 nos. 9-10). Volume three begins with the 40-page planetary treatise and calendar by Ptolemy, under whose name Adams lists the volume as a separate work.
Adams O-489 (vol. I), O-432 (vol. II), P-2239 (vol. III); Ahmanson-Murphy pp.191-192; Renouard-Moreau p.109 no.8.
3 volumes, 8° (161 x 95mm). Woodcut Aldine device on titles and last leaves, complete with blanks, vol. I collating with variant direction letters to those given in Ahmanson-Murphy. (Bb2 and dd1 in vol. II with minor marginal repairs, some leaves very lightly browned or soiled.) Red straight-grained morocco by Bozérian Jeune, signed at foot of spine of vol. I, covers framed with a border composed of overlapping circles sandwiched between double gilt fillets, quatrefoils at corners, spines with raised bands richly gilt with various sprays, foliate and dotted tools, blue silk doublures, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (joints weak). Provenance: Jean Furstenberg (bookplate).
FINE COPY, EXQUISITELY BOUND BY BOZERIAN, THE FURSTENBERG COPY.
Third, slightly revised edition of the Ovid's works, printed on the basis of the one published from 1516 (see Renouard-Moreau p. 72 no.3 and p.78 nos. 9-10). Volume three begins with the 40-page planetary treatise and calendar by Ptolemy, under whose name Adams lists the volume as a separate work.
Adams O-489 (vol. I), O-432 (vol. II), P-2239 (vol. III); Ahmanson-Murphy pp.191-192; Renouard-Moreau p.109 no.8.
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