In-folio (31 x 21 cm), [16], 528, [32] pages, woodcut printer's device on title page, title page soiled, with old ms. notes erased. Beautiful woodcut initials. Some marginal stains. Bound with: id. Metamorphoseôs libri quindecim, cum commentariis Raphaelis Regii. Adiectis etiam Annotationes Iacobi Micylli nunc primum in lucem editis ... Basel, Johann Herwagen, 1543. [28], 355, [5] pp, Woodcut printer's device on title page and on last page. Beautiful woodcut initials. Text in Latin with some quotes in Greek. Some marginal (water)stains. Two last lvs. soiled, last leaf with a tear (some test loss). Modern calf binding, spine with 4 raised edges
Book 1: Contains a 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, Helena to Paris, Medea to Jason - with commentaries by several authors. Also contains Amorum libri III - De arte Amandi - De remedio amoris - Consolatio ad Liviam Augustum - Elegia de Nuce ... Ref. Adams O-438 & 492 , VD16 O 1526 & 1643 ; Machiels O-144. Johann Herwagen married Gertrude Lachner, the widow of the famous printer Johann Froben. Provenance: Bibliotheek Mariënhage Eindhoven, Nijmegen, E. van Straaten
