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OVIDIUS NASO, Publius

Heroides epistolae, cum interpretibus Hubertino Crescentinatis, & Iano Parrhasio. Eiusdem Sappho cum Domitio, et Ibis cum Christophoro Zaroto. Cum enarrationibus Iodoci Badij Ascensij in haec omnia, et Annotationibus Ioan. Baptistae Egnatij
Venice
Marcantonio Zaltieri
1587
€240 - €300

4to: [8]-158 ff. Woodcut mark on title (ostrich). Illustrated with wo identical woodcuts (at beginning of Heroides and Ibis). Contemp. limp vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Very good copy

Collection of 15 fictional letters of ancient Heroines to their famous lovers who have in some way mistreated, neglected, or abandoned them, e.g. Penelope to Odysseus, Dido to Aeneas, Medea to Jason. Uncommon later ed. of Ovid's Heroides and smaller writings, accompanied by older humanistic commentaries.
Ref. Edit16 38314. - Not in Adams

Humanism