Sold for:
$1,320
$1,320
Posthius, Johannes (1537-1597) Tetrasticha in Ovidii Metam. Lib. XV. Frankfurt-am-Main: Corvinus, Feyerabend, and heirs of Gall, 1563. Oblong octavo, title printed within a woodcut compartment, in red and black, Latin and German, illustrated with 178 woodcuts by Virgil Solis (1514-1562) to accompany the text of Ovid's Metamorphoses ; each printed within an ornate compartment, text in Latin and German throughout, with verses at the beginning and end; some staining, trimmed a little close, touching headlines, but not the illustrations, in later half-leather and paste paper boards, worn, 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17