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Les metamorphoses d'Ovide

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An edition of Metamorphoses (1479)

Les metamorphoses d'Ovide

en latin et en françois

  • 4.07 ·
  • 14 Ratings
  • 180 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 23 Have read

The Metamorphoses is a narrative poem penned by the Roman poet Ovid. Widely considered to be his ultimate work, comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths. The poem portrays a history of the world from creation up to the deification of Julius Caesar. Metamorphoses is viewed as one of the most influential works in Western culture, inspiring authors such as Dante, Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Boccaccio. It has also inspired countless works of art from various artists throughout the centuries.

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Cover of: The metamorphoses
The metamorphoses: selected stories in verse
2003, Dover Publications
in English
Cover of: Tales from Ovid
Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses
March 30, 1999, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
Cover of: The Metamorphoses of Ovid
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
1993, Harcourt Brace
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Les métamorphoses
Les métamorphoses
1992, Editions Flammarion
Mass Market Paperback in French and Latin
Cover of: Publius Ovidius Naso
Publius Ovidius Naso: The XV bookes entytuled metamorphosis
June 1977, Walter J Johnson
Hardcover in English - Repr. 1567 edition
Cover of: Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
1955, Indiana University Press
in English
Cover of: The eighth book of the Metamorphoses of Ovid
The eighth book of the Metamorphoses of Ovid
1896, Macmillan
in Latin - Expurgated ed.
Cover of: Métamorphoses d'Ovide
Métamorphoses d'Ovide
1881, Librairie de la Bibliothèque nationale
in French
Cover of: Les métamorphoses d'Ovide
Les métamorphoses d'Ovide
1866, Garnier freres
in French
Cover of: Les métamorphoses d'Ovide
Les métamorphoses d'Ovide: Tome premier
1806, Chez L. Duprat-Duverger
in French
Cover of: Les metamorphoses d'Ovide
Les metamorphoses d'Ovide: en latin et en françois
1767, Chez Pissot, quai de Conti, à la Croix-d'or
in French

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Vol. 2 published by Pissot, quai de Conti à la Toison d'or, 1768; v. 3 & 4 by Despilly, rue Saint Jacques à la Croix d'or, 1769 & 1771.

"La vie d'Ovide, tirée de ses écrits, par M. G* [i.e. Goujet]," v. 1, p. xix-lvj.

Vol. 1 has added title engraved by Choffard (numbered as plate 1): Les métamorphoses d'Ovide gravées sur les desseins des meilleurs peintres français. Par les soins des Srs. Le Mire et Basan graveurs. A Paris chez Basan, rue du Foin S. Jacques; [chez] Le Mire, rue S. Etienne des Grès.

Added engraved title followed by Basan & Le Mire's three-page dedication to the duc de Chartres, also engraved by Choffard.

140 full-page plates by Jean Charles Baquoy, François Basan, Louis Binet, Nicolas Delaunay, Antoine Jean Duclos, Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt, Isidore-Stanislas Helman, Louis Claude Legrand, Noël Le Mire, Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Jacques Le Roy, Jean Jacques Le Veau, Joseph de Longueil, Louis-Joseph Masquelier, Jean Massard, Simon Charles Miger, François Denis Née, Nicolas Ponce, Jean François Rousseau, Augustin Saint-Aubin, Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet. They are after drawings by François Boucher, Charles Eisen, Hubert François Gravelot, Le Prince, Charles Monnet, Jean Michel Moreau (1741-1814), Philippe Louis Parizeau and Saint-Gois.

Engraved title vignette in each vol. by Choffard, that in v. 4 after Charles Monnet. Thirty head-pieces by Choffard (a few after Monnet), and a full-page "cul-de-lampe" at end of v. 4 with legend: Fin des estampes des Métamorphoses.

Additional woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some signed Caron.

Pagination, v. 1: [4], xc, [2], 264 p., [2] engraved leaves of text, 48 leaves of plates -- v. 2: viij, 355, [1], 8 p., 49-81 leaves of plates -- v. 3: viij, 360 p., 82-118 leaves of plates -- v. 4: viij, 367, [1], 8 p., 119-140, [1] leaves of plates

Includes index.

Latin verse and French prose on facing pages.

Getty copy has additional copy of final "cul-de-lampe" bound at end of v. 2, not called for in "Avis au relieur." A third copy is loosely inserted at end of v. 4.

Bound in 4 vols. in mottled calfskin, tooled in gilt. Author/title and vol. no. on separate spine labels. Edges gilt. Ribbon place markers. Bookplates with initials W R H J.

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