Picart, B. Neueröffneter Musen-Temple,

welcher das allermerckwürdigste aus den Fablen der Alten in LX. auserlesenen und schönen Kupfern (...) vorstellet; mit deutlichen Erklärungen und Anmerkungen, zu rechtem Verstande der Fabeln und ihrem Zusammenhange mit der Historie erlautert. Introd. C.G. Stockmanns. Amst./ Leipsic, Arkstee und Markus, 1754. (16),165,(2) p. Engr. title., title-vignette and 60 plates within fine ornamental borders by B. Picart, captions in French, English, German and Dutch, illustrating the Metamorphoses by Ovidius. Each plate w. matching Latin verse and prose adaption and explanation in German. Modern half cl. w. mor. letterpiece, large folio.

Unobtrusively dampstained throughout, last leaf restored w. sl. loss of text, a few other sm. marginal restorations. Otherwise a very good copy. The first and only German edition of this highlight of 18th-century Dutch book illustration.