Hardcover
1789 · Parisiis
by P. OVIDII NASONIS (OVID)
Parisiis: P.D. Brocas, 1789. Front and rear preliminary pages missing. Old water-stain bottom of first 140pp. Text generally clean, with occasional brown spotting. Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) lived from around 43 BCE to 17AD, during the reign of Augustus Caesar, contemporary of Virgil and Horace. The Metyamorphosis was initially published in 8AD. It chronicles the history of the world from its creation to Julius Caesar. It was written in hexameter verse,; 250 myths, 15 books, 11998 lines!. 388pp. . Later Edition. Old Vellum. General Wear/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by `. 6 1/2" x 4".
(Inventory #: 015433)