Le metamorfosi di Ovidio

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D, Anguillara, Giovanni Andrea dell', ca. 1517-1565, Orologi, Giuseppe, d. 1576, Franco, Giacomo, 1550-1620, Turchi, Francesco, 16th cent · 1584 · In Vin. [i.e. Venice] : Presso Bern. Givnti · 40 pictures

Le metamorfosi di Ovidio is a 1584 Italian edition of Ovid's mythological poems, printed in Venice by Bernardo Giunti and translated by Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguillara, with woodcut decorative initials and border ornaments throughout. The pictures are small woodcuts of grotesque masks, winged putti, caryatid-like winged figures and scrolling foliage, offering a designer period ornament for borders, initials and framing devices.

Metamorphosis · Mythology, Classical

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