ID 1032900
Lot 245 | Ovid's Metamorphoses
Estimate value
$ 1 000 – 1 500
A deluxe bilingual edition of Ovid's great epic, with illustrations after Bernard Picart. The text is a blend of illustrious translator-poets and commentators, taken from a French edition edited by the Abbott Banier and published in Paris the same year. Cohen-de Ricci 768; see Ray p. 7 and Stuart Gillespie and Robert Cummings, "A Bibliography of Ovidian Translations and Imitations in English," in Translation and Literature 13 (2004), pp. 207-218.
Two volumes in one, folio (464 x 302mm). Half title in vol. 1, title pages for both vols printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece, engravings after B. Picart in text (occasional light foxing, a few sheets toned). Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, edges red (worn at extremities, a few scrapes to boards). Provenance: Francisco Bayley (inscription on half title) – Lucien Allienne (bookplate, dated 1950).
| Artist: | Ovidius (43 BC - 18) |
|---|---|
| Place of origin: | The Netherlands |
| Artist: | Ovidius (43 BC - 18) |
|---|---|
| Place of origin: | The Netherlands |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preview |
| ||||||||||||||
| Phone | +1 212 636 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Fax | +1 212 636 4930 | ||||||||||||||
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase | ||||||||||||||
| Shipping |
Postal service Courier service pickup by yourself | ||||||||||||||
| Payment methods |
Wire Transfer | ||||||||||||||
| Business hours | Business hours
|








