LES METAMORPHOSES D'OVIDE, EN LATIN ET FRANCOIS, DIVISEES EN XV LIVRES. AVEC DE NOUVELLES EXPLICATIONS HISTORIQUES, MORALES & POLITIQUES SU TOUTES LES FABLES, CHACUNE SELON SON SUJET; DE LA TRADUCTION DE M. PIERRE DU-RYER PARISIEN, DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAIS. EDITION NOUVELLE ENRICHE DE TRES BELLES FIGURES

Amsterdam., P. & J. Blaeu, Janssons of Waesberge, Boom, and Goethals., 1702. Large Folio. 44.8 x 27.9 cm. Pp. [xii], 1-574pp.[Les Métamorphoses (pp. 1-502), Le Jugement de Pâris (pp. 503-516), Tables des fables (pp. 517-520), Epîtres d Ovide (pp. 521-574). With engraved title-page and 122 beautiful engraved illustrations drawn and engraved mainly by Martin Bouché ,Peter, Paul Bouché and by et Peter Clouwet d après Abraham van Diepenbeeck et Hendrick Abbé notamment, M. Dolin, and others. Inspired y Crispin de Passe. Parallel text with the original Latin version and the French translation in prose, and extensive notes on the fables by the member to the Academie Francaise, Pierre Du-Ryer, Graesse, J.G.T. Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique; Catalogue General des Livres Imprimes de la Bibliotheque Nationale, Vol. 128, p. 643.
Bound in period style in full brown calf. Spine with raised bands and dark red morocco label lettered in gold. Covers in two tones, with multi-rule frames and intricate corner tools blind stamped. Exceptional condition with magnificent impressions of the multitude of the engravings.
This is Ovid's most influential work on the beginnings of Man to the time of Caesar. Ovidian influence on the English literary scene dates from Chaucer. Later on, Marlow, Spencer, Shakespeare and others were all indebted to him-either directly or through A. Golding's translation of The Metamorphoses, published between 1565 and 1567.