Operum. Tomus III

Published by Daniel Elsevir (Typis Danielis Elzevirii Sumptibus Societatis), Amsterdam, 1664

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24mo; 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (120 x 63 mm); title page with printer's mark; 309 pp starting with a calendar, in Latin . Brown calf with gilt fillets and fleur-de-lys on the covers 4 raised bands with gilt titling and decorations, binding rubbed but solid, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.; pages clean and bright. The 3rd volume of Ovid's works in the Elsevir edition contains a calendar of feasts divided by months, short notes on the poet's life, an elegy written by the Renaissance poet Angelo Poliziano upon the death of Ovid, Fastorum lib. VI. Tristium V. De ponto IV. Dirae in Ibin, from the Venetian edition by diplomat and writer Andrea Navagero (1483 - 1529). Elsevir / Elzevir is the name of a family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers of the 17th and early 18th centuries known for elegance of design, neatness, clearness and regularity of type, and beauty of paper. The duodecimo series of "Elzevirs" became very famous and very desirable among bibliophiles, who sought to obtain the tallest and freshest copies of these tiny books. Daniel Elsevir, whose name appears as the publisher of this small tome, was the son and nephew of the firm's founders, Bonaventura and Abraham.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Operum. Tomus III
Author
Ovid (P?blius Ovidius N?s?, 43 BCE - 17/18 CE)
Publisher
Daniel Elsevir (Typis Danielis Elzevirii Sumptibus Societatis), Amsterdam
Publication year
1664
Condition
Very Good +
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