OVIDIUS. Metamorphoses, argumentis brevioribus ex Luctatio grammatico collectis expositae, una cum vivis singularum transformationum iconibus in aes incisis. No place, no date. 362;(20) p.; illustrations. Hardbound. 10x13 cm (20th century facsimile of the edition of Antwerp, 'ex officina Plantiniana', 1591) (Luctatius, also known as Lactantius Placidus, was a late-ancient scholar who drastically simplified and summarized the Metamorphoses of Ovid. This booklet contains 178 reprinted engravings which illustrate the summaries of the metamorphoses by Luctatius) (Including dustjacket) (Top edge a bit foxed)
Book number: 117801 Euro 18.00

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