Lot Essay
The origin of the woodcuts is Venice, and most seem to have been used in the edition of the Heroides which Tacuinus brought out in 1501.
Details
Ovidius Naso. Epistolae Heroides. Cum commentariis Antonii Volsci, Ubertini Crescentinatis, Christophori Zaroti, [colophon: Parma, per Octavianum Salladum & Franciscum Ugoletum, 1517], folio, Roman type, title within woodcut cartouche, woodcut illustrations mainly appearing as panels in three parts, the opening page with illustration and elaborate woodcut border (title restored at inner margin, light worming slightly affecting text throughout, some marginal staining and soiling), later vellum. [Sander II, 5279; not in Adams or Mortimer]