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Le trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce // Con priuilegii. // [Printer's device] //.

Accession number
PML 46038
Creator
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.
Published
In Venetia : Appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari e fratel., 1555.
Credit line
the Fellows,
Description
[14], 310 p. [1] leaf : ill., map ; 22 cm
Notes
Third ed.
A translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses in ottava rima.
Title within ornamental border containing printer's device; printer's device enclosing colophon on recto of last leaf.
Woodcut initials.
Binding
16th century Italian (Rome) brown morocco, gold tooled with foliate ornaments and central cartouche (perhaps previously with painted armorial?), for Ginevra Delphina with initials "S. G. R. D." and "S. C. V. V." (front and rear boards) and on spine: "Don.
Variant title
Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce
Provenance
Ginevra Delphina of Rome, binding; Charles Fairfax Murray, booklabel (front pastedown).
Classification
Century
Department