OVIDE Lot n° 268

The Metamorphoses in Latin and French. Paris, Baily, Gogué, Delalain, 1767-1771. 4 volumes in-4, marbled calf, chain on the covers, spine with 5 ribs decorated with special motifs, inside roulette wheel, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Cohen, 769 /// I. XC- (1f.)-264 / II. VIII-335 / III. VIII-360 / IV. VIII-367-8. Second printing of this new illustrated edition, bilingual Latin-French, translated by Abbé Banier. A frontispiece, 3 pages of dedication, 4 title vignettes, 30 vignettes in the text, and 139 compositions and a superb cul-de-lampe out of text, all drawn by Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Leprince, Monnet, Moreau..., engraved by Baquoy, Basan, Binet, Duclos, Masquelier, Choffard.... The frontispiece is at the Paris address of Basan and Le Mire. A fine copy in a beautiful contemporary binding. Table sheets of volume II placed in-fine.