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OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS. Opera. Part 2 (of 2): Metamorphoses. Edited by Barnabas Celsanus. [167] (of [168]) leaves; lacks final blank. Roman type. Illuminated initial in colors and gold on a4v; divisional initials in red or blue throughout. Folio, 293x184 mm, 18th-century 1/2 sheep; soiling and dense contemporary marginalia on opening leaves, scattered marginal tears not affecting text, dampstaining in upper inner corners toward end, small wormholes through approximately the last 30 leaves not impairing legibility; green edges. 16th-century ownership inscription of Ludovicus à Campania on last page. (Vicenza: Hermannus Liechtenstein, 12 August 1480)
