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Description:
Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. London: for Jacob Tonson, 1717. Folio, engraved title, engraved dedicatory frontispiece to the Princess of Wales, text illustrated with an additional sixteen full page engravings, contemporary calf, spine tooled in gilt, first few preliminaries sticking to front board, joint cracked, later endleaves, inner cloth joint repair to front board, 15 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Estimate $600-800
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London, WalesJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
Fine Books & Manuscripts
The Fine Books & Manuscripts department delivers scholarship, expertise, and attention to detail in appraisals, evaluations, and auctions of rare books and historically important material ranging from medieval manuscripts to presidential documents.