Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books Made English by Several Hands

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16 x 9.5 cm. 12mo. x 258 [4] 224 [4]. Two volumes bound as one. Bound in full dark leather, red leather spine label and gilt decorations. Illustrated with frontispiece well as full page illustration at the beginning of each fo the 15 books and smaller illustrations to head and conclude each section. Originally done in 1717, this is the second edition "with great improvements". The front hinge is quite weak and the front cover is nearly detached. Chipping to head and tail of spine. Several bookplates or labels have been clumsily removed from the front endpapers, otherwise internally nice. Uncommon. ESTC T177809. N° de ref. del artículo 71871

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