1676 LE METAMORFOSI by OVID ILLUSTRATED w/ woodcuts antique VELLUM BOUND

img{max-width:100%} LE METAMORFOSI DI OVIDIO DA GIO. ANDREA DALL'ANGUILLARA IN OTTAVA RIMA. DI NUOVO DAL PROPRIO AUTORE RIVEDUTE, & CORRETTE. CON GLI ARGOMENTI DI M. FRANCESCO TURCHI. by Ovidius Naso, Publius Venice; 1676 Size 4 3/4 by 6 3/4" 502 pages rare edition of the Italian translation by Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguilara with the "argomenti" of Francesco Turchi. Illustrated with woodcuts Vellum bound with red morocco title to the spine and manuscript title to the lower edge Very good condition, some toning text in Italian ======================= The Metamorphoses ( from Ancient Greek: "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid. It is considered his magnum opus. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar in a mythico-historical framework. Although it meets some of the criteria for an epic, the poem defies simple genre classification because of its