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La Metamorphose (Metamorphoses)
Author: Ovid (43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Illustrated by: Bernard Salomon (French, about 1508–about 1561)
Printer: Jean de Tournes (French, 1504–1564)
Illustrated by: Bernard Salomon (French, about 1508–about 1561)
Printer: Jean de Tournes (French, 1504–1564)
1557
Place of Publication: Lyons, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 178 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 16.2 x 11.4 x 1.3 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Hofer, Esq.
Accession Number41.310
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lyons: Jean de Tournes, 1557
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet IV, 287; Murray, French, 420; Mortimer, French, 403
Description(Lyons: Jean de Tournes, 1557) Octavo; 87 [of 92] leaves; modern limp vellum, red cloth slipcase.
Illustrations of scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, each surrounded by decorative border. First edition; a few of the cuts were used in earlier publications (see Mortimer for details). This set of illustrations eventually grew to 194 blocks. The elaborate decorative borders on each page are also attributed to Salomon.
Fol. m4 (blank in this copy; some copies have de Tournes's device) has an inscription dated 1760 on the recto, and a drawing of two figures on the verso.
Illustrations of scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, each surrounded by decorative border. First edition; a few of the cuts were used in earlier publications (see Mortimer for details). This set of illustrations eventually grew to 194 blocks. The elaborate decorative borders on each page are also attributed to Salomon.
Fol. m4 (blank in this copy; some copies have de Tournes's device) has an inscription dated 1760 on the recto, and a drawing of two figures on the verso.
ProvenanceInscription dated 3 May 1760 on recto of fol. m4; Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984), by whom given to MFA May 8, 1941