1579 LE METAMORFOSI by OVID ILLUSTRATED w/ 15 woodcuts antique RARE 16th century

LE METAMORFOSI [...]
RIDOTTE DA GIO. ANDREA DALL'ANGUILLARA IN OTTAVA RIMA. DI NUOVO DAL PROPRIO AUTORE RIVEDUTE, & CORRETTE. CON GLI ARGOMENTI DI M. FRANCESCO TURCHI.

by Ovidius Naso, Publius

Venice;  1579

Size 2 by 4 1/4"

 486-[2] ff.  

(974 pp) 

Very rare pocket edition of the Italian translation by Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguilara with the "argomenti" of Francesco Turchi.

Illustrated with 15 woodcuts in-text. 

Very good interior, tear in outer margin f. 353 

later olive calf, double gilt-ruled covers, blind decorated and gilt-ruled spine with raised bands, gilt edges,
damp stain to back cover upper corner

text in Italian
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The Metamorphoses ( from Ancient Greek:
"Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet
Ovid.
It is considered his magnum opus. The poem chronicles the history of
the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar in a
mythico-historical framework.

Although it meets some of the criteria for
an epic, the poem defies simple genre classification because of its varying
themes and tones. Ovid took inspiration from the genre of metamorphosis poetry
and some of the Metamorphoses derives from earlier treatment of the same myths;
however, he diverged significantly from all of his models.

One of the
most influential works in Western culture, the Metamorphoses has inspired such
authors as Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, and William
Shakespeare. Numerous episodes from the poem have been depicted in works of
sculpture, painting, and music, especially during the Renaissance. There was a
resurgence of attention to his work towards the end of the 20th century. Today
the Metamorphoses continues to inspire and be retold through various media.

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