1578 LE METAMORFOSI DI OVIDIO antique BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED RARE 16th CENTURY!

LE METAMORFOSI DI OVIDIO,
RIDOTTE DA GIOVANNI ANDREA DELL'ANGUILARA, IN OTTAVA RIMA. IMPRESSIONE SESTA [...].
CON L'ANNOTATIONI DI M. GIOSEPPE HOROLOGGI, NOVAMENTE CORRETTO, ET RISTAMPATO. CON POSTILLE, ET CON GLI ARGOMENTI NEL PRINCIPIO DI CIASCUN LI...

Venice; 1578

Size 6 by 8 1/4"

 [4]-268 lvs.

Renowned translation of the Metamorphoses by Anguillara (1517-1572) who modernised the text converting the verse form to the "ottava rima".
Accompanied by annotations by Giuseppe Orologgi, and "argomenti" within ornamental frames and notes by Francesco Turchi.

Illustrated with 15 woodcuts in identical decorative frames.

Text in 2 columns

 Printer's mark on title.

- Ref. EDIT16 41544. - Not in Adams, STC French, Mortimer, Gamba (other ed.). - Prov. Stamp.

mottled calf binding,  gilt-ruled covers,  frame decorated with angular fleurons, gilt-ornamental spine with raised bands,
marbled edges matching endpapers 

Some wear of the leather,  head and tail missing, corners bumped.
Front joint cracked, strengthened inside front joint .

Very good interior condition

Text in Italian
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