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OVIDIUS NASO, Publius (43 B.C.-17 A.D.). Opera. Edited by Johannes Calphurnius (d.1503). [Venice:] Jacobus Rubeus, [before December] 1474.
One volume in 3, median 2° (328 x 220mm). Collation: [1-510 68 7-1210 13-1412 15-1610 17-188 1910 2010 218 226 23-2510 2612 27-3110 328 336 34-3510 3612 3710 38-4110 4210] (1/1 blank, 1/2r-14/12 Metamorphoses, 15/1r-22/6 Heroides, Ars amandi, 23/1r-26/12 Amores Remedia amoris, Medicamino faciei femineae, Nux, 27/1r-33/6 Fasti, Epistola consolatoria ad Liviam de morte Drusi, 34/1r-37/10 Tristia, 38/1r-41/10 Epistolae ex Ponto, Pulex, Philomena, 42/1r-10r Ibis, life of Ovid, colophon, 42/10r table, verses by Calphurnius to the reader, 42/10v blank). 401 leaves (of 412, without first blank, and lacking quire 23), quires 22 and 24 reversed in binding. 43 lines. Type: 1:113R. First initial in gold on red ground, 4- to 10-line initials in interlocking red and blue, 2-line initials and paragraph marks alternating in red and blue, 18th-century painted border to first page of each volume with flowers, palm leaves and birds on a blue ground, MS guide-letters, occasional contemporary quiring visible. (Small wormholes in first few quires and short wormtrack in last 2 quires touching some letters, occasional light stain or spotting, one neat tear.) Late 17th- or early 18th-century French red morocco bound for Henri-Louis, Comte de Loménie de Brienne, with his arms [Olivier 1077, fer 4] on sides, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endleaves, edges marbled and gilt (short split at front hinge of volume I). Provenance: Henri-Louis or André-Louis, Comte de Loménie de Brienne (1658-1743, binding, sale London 28 April 1724).
A handsomely-bound set of the third edition. It follows editions printed in 1471, one at Rome and one at Bologna. BMC V, 214 (IB. 20069); CIBN O-80; HC(+Add) 12138; IGI 7043; Goff O-128. (3)
One volume in 3, median 2° (328 x 220mm). Collation: [1-510 68 7-1210 13-1412 15-1610 17-188 1910 2010 218 226 23-2510 2612 27-3110 328 336 34-3510 3612 3710 38-4110 4210] (1/1 blank, 1/2r-14/12 Metamorphoses, 15/1r-22/6 Heroides, Ars amandi, 23/1r-26/12 Amores Remedia amoris, Medicamino faciei femineae, Nux, 27/1r-33/6 Fasti, Epistola consolatoria ad Liviam de morte Drusi, 34/1r-37/10 Tristia, 38/1r-41/10 Epistolae ex Ponto, Pulex, Philomena, 42/1r-10r Ibis, life of Ovid, colophon, 42/10r table, verses by Calphurnius to the reader, 42/10v blank). 401 leaves (of 412, without first blank, and lacking quire 23), quires 22 and 24 reversed in binding. 43 lines. Type: 1:113R. First initial in gold on red ground, 4- to 10-line initials in interlocking red and blue, 2-line initials and paragraph marks alternating in red and blue, 18th-century painted border to first page of each volume with flowers, palm leaves and birds on a blue ground, MS guide-letters, occasional contemporary quiring visible. (Small wormholes in first few quires and short wormtrack in last 2 quires touching some letters, occasional light stain or spotting, one neat tear.) Late 17th- or early 18th-century French red morocco bound for Henri-Louis, Comte de Loménie de Brienne, with his arms [Olivier 1077, fer 4] on sides, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endleaves, edges marbled and gilt (short split at front hinge of volume I). Provenance: Henri-Louis or André-Louis, Comte de Loménie de Brienne (1658-1743, binding, sale London 28 April 1724).
A handsomely-bound set of the third edition. It follows editions printed in 1471, one at Rome and one at Bologna. BMC V, 214 (IB. 20069); CIBN O-80; HC(+Add) 12138; IGI 7043; Goff O-128. (3)