Description:
Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD) trans. George Sandys (1578-1644) Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in Figures. Imprinted at Oxford [and London]: by Iohn Lichfield [and William Stansby], 1632. Folio, engraved title, lacking the typographical title page, illustrated with full page monument to Ovid, and fifteen additional full-page plates by Salomon Savery (1594-1665) after Franz Cleyn (1590?-1658),bound in full modern leather, 12 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.
[pi]4, para4, A-Z4 (lacking E4 ?blank),Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Ttt4, Vvv2.
Estimate $800-1,200
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John Dorfman
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
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