OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS. Metamorphoses . . . en Rondeaux. 1676

OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS. Metamorphoses . . . en Rondeaux. Engraved royal arms on title; 226 text illustrations by Sébastien Le Clerc and François Chauveau. [14], 463, [8] pages, including engraved additional title by Le Clerc after Charles Le Brun. 4to, later 19th-century black calf handsomely gilt by Milpied with overall pattern of alternating fleurs-de-lys and ermines on covers, rear joint starting at bottom, missing small piece at top; scattered foxing, occasional minor marginal soiling, early scored inscription on letterpress title, clean tears in blank margin of B1 amd S4, early scrawls across blank upper margin of page 184, 15-line poem ("À la fontaine où s''enyvre Boileau . . . [etc.]") in early hand on page [464]; marbled board slipcase. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1676