Cohen-de Ricci, 768; Brunet, IV, 285; Ray, p. 7 (note).<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition of the important translation by Abbot Banier.<\/span> This translation was to be the model for further editions. Copy printed on heavy paper.<\/p>\n This fine edition is illustrate with a frontispiece engraved by Bernard Picart, two floral decorations (repeated) on the titlepages, one vignette and one engraved letter in the introduction, and 130 larges vignettes (including 6 printed on three sheets and included into the pagination) after Le Brun, Leclere, Maas, Picart, Punt, J. Romain, Tosca, de Wit and Vandelaar, engraved by Martin and Pierre-Paul Bouche, Bouttats, Folkema, V. Gunst, Jungmann, Schenk and Wandelaar.<\/p>\n Cohen qualifies this edition as “magnifique ouvrage”; Brunet calls it a “belle \u00e9dition, recherch\u00e9e \u00e0 cause des gravures dont elle est orn\u00e9e” and indicates some large paper copies “quelques exemplaires en tr\u00e8s grand papier, d’autant plus pr\u00e9cieux qu’ils contiennent des figures de premier tirage” without giving any further details. English and Dutch editions were published the same year, illustrated with the same engravings.<\/p>\n Some occasional light toning, a very attractive copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2 in one volume, folio (467 x 300 mm) engraved frontispiece, 6 nn.ll., 247 pp. for volume I; title, pp. 249-524, 2 nn.ll., 3 plates included into the pagination [=pp.265-269]. Contemporary French red morocco, triple gilt filet on covers, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled and gilt edges (some light expert restorations).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":73845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1240,1245],"class_list":{"0":"post-73856","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-18th-century-illustrations","8":"product_tag-18th-century-literature","9":"pa_auteur-ovide-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"outofstock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" OVIDE","chapeau":"Bound in fine contemporary red morocco","adresse_bibliographique":"Amsterdam, R. & J. Wetstein & G. Smith, 1732","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n