Epistole Heroides Publii Ouidii Nasonis : dilgenti castgatione exculte, aptissimisq[ue] figuris ornate

Badius, Josse, 1462-1535 · 1536 · [Lyon] : Cudebat Benedictus Bōnyn Lugduni · 23 pictures

A 1536 Lyon printing of Ovid's Heroides, the letters of mythological heroines, edited by Josse Badius and issued by Benedictus Bonyn for a learned humanist readership. The pages show woodcut scenes from the letters set beside dense Latin type, with ornamented initials and narrative blocks.

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