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OVIDIUS NASO, Publius Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide, en latin et en françois [...]; de la traduction de Mr. Pierre Du-Ryer [...]. Édition nouvelle, enrichie de très-belles figures. Amsterdam, Wid. J.J. Schipper, Lge folio: [16]-1/520-[2]-521/pp. (some ff. partly detached - esp. in the begin. -, sl. marg. damp stains, folds to first ff., long tear strengthened to title, occ. staining, some foxing, occ. marg. tears, sm hole in p. 475). Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (rubbed, tail missing, head repaired, damp stains, sm. loss to spine). Nice edition with parallel text Latin-French (transl. by Pierre Du Ryer), also containing "The Judgment of Paris" and the "Epistles" translated by Renouard. Illustrated with copper-engravings, most not signed, but some by a.o. Frederik Bouttats Peter-Paul-and Martin Bouché: title vignette, armorial headpiece with portrait of dedicatee Charles of Lorraine, and large ill. in-text (1 for "The Judgment of Paris"; coloured on pp. and 295). Ref. Brunet IV:- Cp. Funck (Brussels ed.). - Not in Tchemerzine, Dibdin, STCN. Prov. Ange Jean Ferdinand Van den Bogaerde, Brussels (ms. entry dated 1810).