Epistole eroiche di P. Ovidio Nasone
Ovid's Heroides, translated into Italian by Remigio Fiorentino.
Engraved title page, portrait, 22 vignettes, engraved head and tail pieces, and 8 culs-de-lampe by Gregori after Zocchi.
Dedication by Giovan Stefano Conti.
Contemporary French red morocco, triple gilt fillet on sides, gilt panelled spine with bird, star and palmette tools in compartments, foliate and fleur-de-lys roll at head and foot, gilt inner border, gilt edges.
Engraved title page, portrait, 22 vignettes, engraved head and tail pieces, and 8 culs-de-lampe by Gregori after Zocchi.
Dedication by Giovan Stefano Conti.
Contemporary French red morocco, triple gilt fillet on sides, gilt panelled spine with bird, star and palmette tools in compartments, foliate and fleur-de-lys roll at head and foot, gilt inner border, gilt edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Epistole eroiche di P. Ovidio Nasone
- Author: Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia)
- Illustrator: Carlo Gregori (Italian, Florence 1719–1759 Florence)
- Publisher: Durand (French, 18th century)
- Author: Giovan Stefano Conti (Italian, 1720–1791)
- Translator: Remigio Nannini (Italian, 1521?–?1581)
- Date: 1762
- Geography: Paris, France
- Dimensions: xii, 323 pages: portraits; Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2008
- Object Number: PA6525.H4 N3 1762
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