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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 · 102 pictures

A 1697 French edition of Ovid's collected works, printed at Lyon by Horace Molin and once owned by John Adams, held by the Boston Public Library. Its pictures are decorative printed initials, large letters built from scrolling foliage, interlaced ornament and small birds, which a designer could use as models for display capitals, monograms and border-framed lettering.

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