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OVIDIUS NASO, Publius

Opera omnia. / Edited and annotated by P. Burman

Amstelodami
apud F. Changuion
1727

€300 - €500

4 vol. in-4to, illustrated with 3 different engraved title-pages. Slightly age-toned, but a very good set. Uniform contemporary calf bindings, gilt-decorated spines, corners bumped, mottled edges, (upper end of spine of vol. 1 damaged, title-piece of. vol. 2 lost)

Title volume 1: Heroides (and other works) ; Title volume 2: Metamorphoseon libri XV ; Title volume 3: Fastorum libri VI ; Title volume 4: Ibis. Another issue of the editions Amstelodami, apud R. and J. Wetstenios and G. Smith, 1727; and Amstelodami, apud Janssonio Waesbergios, 1727.
Ref. Dibdin p.268: ""This edition,"" says Harwood, ""may justly be esteemed the chef-d'oeuvre of Burman; it is one of the noblest and correctest of the Dutch classics."" The elegant edition of Nicolas Heinsius formed the basis of it (...)"". The final vol. contains i.a. an impressive index of 582 pages on Ovid's works

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