Ovid, Fasti, De tristibus, De Ponto, Venice, Aldus, 1502-1503, Roman armorial morocco

Ovidius Naso, Publius

Fastorum libri VI. De tristibus libri V. De Ponto libri IIII. (Venice: in the academy of Aldus, January 1502; February 1503)

8vo (165 x 98mm.), woodcut Aldine device on title-page, lll5 verso and final verso, italic text, with blank leaf lll6, seventeenth-century Roman brown morocco gilt with the arms of a noble on covers, gilt and gauffered edges, rebacked

A fine copy of the Aldine edition of Ovid's Fasti and other works, in a charming Roman binding. Aldus published the works of Ovid in three volumes at this time, the others appearing in October 1502 and December 1502.

LITERATURE:

Aldo Manuzio tipografo 72; Edit16 48412; Renouard 38/14