Oct 17, 2017 - Sale 2457

Sale 2457 - Lot 235

Price Realized: $ 845
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS. Le Metamorfosi . . . ridotte da Gio. Andrea dall'Anguillara, in Ottava Rima. 15 full-page engraved illustrations showing multiple scenes from each book; verse synopsis at beginning of each book within engraved historiated or decorative cartouche. [16], 547 pages, including engraved title. 4to, 242x173 mm, 18th-century vellum boards, circular stain on front cover; marginal soiling and dampstaining, mainly conspicuous at beginning and end, scattered foxing, blank lower outer corner off N7, bookseller's catalogue cutting mounted on rear pastedown; blue edges. Ownership inscription of the print dealer Giuseppe Storck dated Milan 1803 on title and last page. Venice: Bernardo Giunta, 1584

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One of 3 Giunta editions published the same year. Cf. Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 343-44 (describing the other 2).