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Iohan. Posthii Germershemii Tetrasticha in Ovidii Metam. lib. XV. qvibus accesserunt Vergilij Solis figurae elegantiss. & iam primùm in lucem editae = Schoene Figuren auss dem fuertrefflichen Poeten Ouidio, allen Malern, Goldtschmiden, und Bildthauwern, zü nutz unnd gütem mit fleiss gerissen

Posthius, Johannes, 1537-1597, Solis, Virgil, 1514-1562, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses · 1563 · [Frankfurt am Main : Impressvm Francofurti, apud Georgium Coruinum, Sigismundum Feyrabent, & haeredes VVigandi Galli] · 181 pictures

A 1563 Frankfurt book of Latin and German verses by Johannes Posthius, illustrated by Virgil Solis, retelling Ovid's Metamorphoses for painters, goldsmiths and sculptors. Its pictures are small woodcut scenes of mythic episodes set in landscape, each framed by dense ornamental strapwork with putti, masks and grotesques that a designer could borrow for decorative borders and cartouches.

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D

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