1664 Rare Latin Book set - Ovid's Works - Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum.
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Author: Ovid
Title: Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum. (Complete set of 3 volumes).
Publisher: Amstelodami, ex Officina Elzeviriana, sumptibus societatis, 1664. Complete set of 3 volumes.
Language: Text in Latin.
Size: Small 4.5" X 2.5".
Pages: 268+292+309 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good contemporary full calf binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing and staining - as shown, small stain on the outer lower corner of the last pages of book 3 without affecting the text - as shown, nice ex-libris on the first endpaper of the three books - as shown, handwritten notes on the last blank page of volume 1 - as shown).
Estimate: (USD 350 - USD 500).
The book: " Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum" is a rare and complete set of three volumes of Ovid's works, published in 1664 by the prestigious Elzevir press in Amsterdam. This edition is particularly noteworthy for its compact size and contemporary full calf binding, indicative of the high quality and attention to detail for which Elzevir editions are renowned. The texts are presented in Latin, offering a direct engagement with Ovid's original language, covering his epic myths, love poetry, and didactic works.
Including:
TOM. I.
Heroides.
Amorum Libri III.
Artis Amatoriæ Libri III.
Remedium Amoris.
De Medicamine Faciei.
Halieuticon sive De Piscibus.
Consolatio ad Liviam.
Nux.
Epistolæ quæ Sabino ascribuntur.
TOM. II.
Metamorphoseon Lib. XV.
TOM. III.
Fastorum Lib. VI.
Tristium Lib. V.
De Ponto Lib. IV.
In Ibin.
Scripta quæ interierunt:
Phænomena.
Medea Tragædia.
Vaticinia.
Laudes Augusti.
Epigrammata.
Liber in malos Poetas.
Fastorum Libri V reliqui.
De Bello Actiaco liber inchoatus.
Libellus Sermone Getico conscriptus.
The author : Ovid (43 BCE – 17/18 CE), born Publius Ovidius Naso, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He is one of the most important sources of classical mythology and is best known for his work "Metamorphoses," a narrative poem that remains one of the most important sources of classical mythology.