(1584). OVIDE. LA VITA ET METAMORFOSEO D'OVIDIO. Figurato et - Lot 388

(1584). OVIDE. LA VITA ET METAMORFOSEO D'OVIDIO. Figurato et abbreviato in forma d'Epigrammi da M. Gabriello Symeoni. Con alte Stanze sopra gl'effetti della Luna : il ritratto d'una Fontana d'Overnia : et un'Apologiagenerale nella fine del libro. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1584. In-8, 245-[59] pages, brown calf, Renaissance gilt medallion at center of boards, gilt fillet, ribbed spine (later binding). Italian edition adorned with a portrait of Symeoni on the title, a medallion showing Diane de Poitiers - to whom the book is dedicated - with the emblems of huntress and 187 FIGURES ON WOOD by Bernard Salomon in repeated frames numbering 32, 6 of which presenting grotesque or licentious subjects, the others Moorish ornaments, with an italic eightain below each plate. At the end are the 2 opuscules: Apologia generale de M. Gabriello Symeoni... with a vignette depicting the author as Heracles and La Natura et effetti della luna... with the title in a frame and a large woodcut depicting the Fountain of Royat in Auvergne. Washed copy, the pages have become stained, very small lack to the title and p. 66. (Cartier, no. 649) (Mortimer, I, no. 405) (USTC, 142122).