Editore: Typographia Instituti Scientiarum, Bononię [Bologna], 1788
Da: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condizione: Fair. Bononię [Bologna]: Typographia Instituti Scientiarum, 1788. 16mo (6" x 3.5"); 430pp. Stained brown paper-covered boards with green paper spine. Boards lightly warped with a number of chips and scrapes to paper. Front hinge cracked and book falls open easily to between a few gatherings, with binding feeling as if it's loosening overall but still secure. Pages lightly to moderately toned with some foxing throughout. Three volumes in one, this volume only from an apparent larger set. Collects an expurgated version of Ovid's Fasti along with Tristia and Epistulę ex Ponto.
Editore: J Wetstenium & G Smith, Amsterdam, 1735
Da: Ely Books, ELY, CAMBS, Regno Unito
With a Frontis to the First Volume (illustratore). PP: Frontis, (xxii), 262; 292; & 314 (there is no FINISH at the end of page 314)! Contemporary full Vellum; grubby, the half title is torn with loss.
Editore: Whittaker and Co.,, 1839
Da: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
8vo., First Edition, text in Latin, introduction and notes in English; contemporary full calf, sides with triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in blind, back gilt with compartments ruled in gilt and blind, wanting original label but impressed lettering just legible, doublures tooled in blind, speckled edges, one or two slight scuffs to covers, small ink mark on lower board else a remarkably clean, crisp and highly desirable copy in unrestored period binding. EDWARD VESEY BLIGH'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A NOTABLE COPY OF ONE OF KEIGHTLEY'S FINEST CLASSICAL COMMENTARIES. Remembered today primarily for his 'Fairy Mythology' (1828), Thomas Keightley (1789-1872) was also a classical historian and scholar of note; his editions of Greek and Roman texts were produced mainly from Trinity College Dublin. His 'Fasti' is based on the Krebs text, and Keightley notes the most important variant readings of the fifty-eight collated MSS of the poem, together with (not unnaturally) appropriate references to his own 'Mythology of Greece and Italy' published eight years previously. The edition received several laudatory reviews (notably in the 'Gentleman's Magazine') and was adopted for use by at least one major public school. The Hon. Edward Vesey Bligh, brother to 6th Earl of Darnley, was vicar of Birling in Kent and Chairman of the Prayer Book Revision Society.
Editore: Janssonio Waesbergios, Amstelodami, 1727
Da: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Quarto, [iv], 1102, [iv] pages, contemporary embossed parchment, lacks spine (but tight), inked name and date on half-title. Rare: WorldCat cites only 1 copy of this edition. This is a heavily annotated work by Jacob Contantius Fanensis, Henrici Loritii Glareani, Jacobi Mycylli, Herculis Ciofani, Danielis et Nicolai Heinsiorum, with additional newly added material by Petrus Burmannus. NOTE: this is volume 2 only, of the works of Ovid, but this contains the complete METAMORPHOSES. Copperplate frontispiece engraved by Jan van Vianen.from Jan Goeree's sketch.
Editore: J. Wetstenium, Amsterdam, 1751
Da: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First edition thus. First edition thus. Three volumes. 24mo (4 5/8"). (xl, 248p; (1)-2839, (x, index); (1)-301p. Half-title and engraved title page in each volume. Beautiful nineteenth century bindings in full calf, a.e.g., the spines densely gilt with red title labels. Spanish bookseller's ticket in each volume. Scarce. A lovely little set. One small cover scratch, fine in marbled cardboard slipcase. Minor interior staining to Vol. III.