[Sixteenth century book]. OVID. Habes Candide... - Lot 164 - Normandy Auction

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[Sixteenth century book]. OVID. Habes Candide... - Lot 164 - Normandy Auction
[Sixteenth century book]. OVID. Habes Candide lector Pub. Ovidii Nasonis Heroides collatis ... [On the colophon] : Venetiis... Ioannis Tacuino de Tridino, 1542. In-folio, [6]-CIX [i.e. 113] f., fig, [sign. [cross pattee] 6, A-B 8, C-I 6, K 8, L-R 6, S5 (of 6)], 19th century Italian binding, half vellum, smooth and muted spine (corners worn; gaps and repairs in margins from beginning to f.VI, light marginal wetness, more extensive at end of vol, worm tract in margin at foot of page, sporadic stains, last leaf missing, blank or marked; pinhole in center of pages of 2nd half of vol. not serious). Edition containing extensive comments and annotations by several scholars, including Josse Bade and Ange Politien, and which seems to reproduce the 1538 edition published by the same bookseller. It is illustrated with 23 woodcuts in the text, 22 of which are in archaic style and consist of 3 scenes, and one astronomical figure. Title page in red and black in a woodcut frame, woodcut initials. (Edit16, CNCE 49940; USTC 762509).
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