[Classical antiquity] Ovidius. Opera omnia, intres tomos divisa. Ex accuratissima recensione Nicol. Heinsii,

Cum notis selectissimis variorum (...). Cum indicibus locupletissimis, tum rerum, tum verborum. Editio nitidissima, accuratissima. Accurante Cornelio Schrevelio. Leiden, P. Leffen, 1661-62. 4 parts in 3 vols., (22),667,(18); (8),832,(31); (16),400,(30),(2 blank),492,(7) p. W. 3 engr. frontisp., portrait of the author, 14 (of 15) plates to the Metamorphoses. Contemp. unif. gilt sheepskin, covers finely panelled and decorated, richly gilt, ribbed spines w. resp. "Ovidii", "Opera" and "Omnia" on mor. letterpieces, all edges gilt and gauffered. The index of vol. 1 is bound in vol. 2. Lacks the 15th and final plate of the Metamorphoses. Volume 3 partly waterst. in upper inner corner. Covers w. chafed spots affecting the decoration. A luxuriously bound set, bringing to mind the famous Dutch bookbinder Albertus Magnus. All vols. w. bookplate of Prof. Dr. R.Th.R. Wentges on first free endpaper and unidentified engr. bookplate of "A.W. Trin. Coll. Camb." on upper pastedown. -and 2 others: a finely bound work dated 1727, and a very rare juridical work by Petrus Panhusius (The Hague, 1653).

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