OVID] - Lot 215

OVID] *Metamorphoses*, in Latin and French, divided into XV books, with new historical, moral, and political explanations of all the fables, each according to its subject, translated by Pierre Duryer Parisien of the French Academy, Amsterdam, Blaeu, Janssons, Boom, and Goethals, 1702 Large quarto in full calf, ribbed spine: title page, (4) pages of preface to the reader, (4) pages of table of contents, 574 pages. New edition, enriched with beautiful engravings. Illustrated edition featuring beautiful black-and-white engravings drawn and engraved primarily by Martin Bouché, Peter, Paul Bouché, and Peter Clouwet... Text in two columns: the original Latin version on one side and a French prose translation on the other. The volume also contains detailed notes on the fables by Pierre Du-Ryer, a member of the Académie Française and translator of the work. Binding is damaged: split joints, worn caps with missing leather, dulled corners, scuffs, and stains on the covers. Water stains on the bottom edges of some pages.