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Les oeuvres d'Ovide

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL), Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner · 1697 · A Lyon : Chez Horace Molin vis-à-vis le Grand College · 25 pictures

A 1697 French edition of Ovid's collected works, printed at Lyon by Horace Molin and held in the John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library. Its four pictures are woodcut horizontal borders of putti, animals and fruit, woven through with leaves and flowers, giving a designer a dense, repeatable strip of decorative ornament for frames and bands.

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