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135 - OVID. A new translation of Ovid’s *Metamorphoses* by M. FONT…
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Estimate €15 - €20
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OVID. A new translation of Ovid’s *Metamorphoses* by M. FONTANELLE. Paris, Panckoucke, 1767. 2 vols. in-8, marbled sheepskin, plain spine with decoration, title page and volume titles in brown marbling (contemporary binding). Some scuffing. The illustrations consist of 2 portraits, 2 frontispiece titles and 12 (out of 15) out-of-text plates by Zocchi, engraved by Gegori. The plates for chapters 3, 9 and 14 are missing. (Cohen, 772.)
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 1:00 PM
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