OVID (43 B.C.-17? A.D.). Ovid’s Verwandlungen in Kupfern Vorgestellt und mit den Nöthigen Erlaeuterungen versehen. Vienna: Ignaz Alberti, 1791. FIRST GERMAN EDITION of Ovid’s Metamorphoses profusely illustrated with copperplate engravings.
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OVID (43 B.C.-17? A.D.). Ovid’s Verwandlungen in Kupfern Vorgestellt und mit den Nöthigen Erlaeuterungen versehen. Vienna: Ignaz Alberti, 1791.
3 volumes, small 4to (222 x 159 mm). Text in German, engraved title-pages, 135 (of 140?) engraved plates. (Spotting, trimmed, some browning.) 20th-century black leather, spine gilt-lettered (some rubbing or light chipping).
FIRST GERMAN EDITION of Ovid’s Metamorphoses profusely illustrated with copperplate engravings.
Property from the Estate of Mr. Curt and Dr. Fleur Strand of New York City, New York and Snowmass Village, Colorado
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