LES METAMORPHOSES D'OVIDE. Traduction Nouvelle avec le Texte Latin, suivie d'une analyse de l'explication des fables, de notes géographiques, historiques, mythologiques, et critiques, par M. G. T. Villenave; Ornée de gravures d'après les dessins de MM. Lebarbier, Monsiau, et Moreau.

OVID, Publius Ovidius Naso, Ovide (43-18 BC).

Published by Paris. F. Gay, C. Guestard for Didot l'aine. 1806., 1806

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4 volumes quarto 15 x 11 inches. Finely leather bound in half red morocco with gilt square blocks in compartments, marbled boards - bound by Koehler with a gilt signature to base of spine on volume one. lxvii, 331, (iv), 418, 460, (iv), 559 pages. Illustrated 144 fine engraved, tissue guarded, plates, A LARGE PAPER COPY WITH THE PLATES IN TWO STATES AND PLATES 'BEFORE LETTERS'- a complex collation as many plates are unnumbered. All the plates are in two states except for plates 6, 109, 112 and an unnumbered plate between 121 and 123, plate 122 is bound at the end. Plates numbered in pencil and some in print. 2 plates have no number. The final total of 144 is the normal number. Some scattered spotting. Bibliography -Cohen de Ricci 773. Koehler, who bound this work, was a pupil of great binder Thouvenin and succeeded to much of his work. He was awarded an A medal in 1834 and 1839. (Ramsden, French bookbinders, p. 113). Seller Inventory # 6637

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Title: LES METAMORPHOSES D'OVIDE. Traduction ...

Publisher: Paris. F. Gay, C. Guestard for Didot l'aine. 1806.

Publication Date: 1806

Binding: Hardcover