De gedaant-wisselingen [...], in het Latyn en Nederduitsch, nieulyx vertaald, en te zamen in het licht gegeven, door Isaak Verburg [...].

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [20 (incl. front.]-247, [2]-249/524-[4] pp. (some min. soiling or spotting).

Contemp. tree calf, gilt dentelle on boards, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, green leather title-label (some marg. rubbing). Nice copy.

Beautiful edition of the masterpiece of Ovid, with Latin and Dutch texts juxtaposed, and explanation of the fables in Dutch. Engr. ill.: mark on titles, engr. front. by B. Picart and 130 large engr. plates (124 in text and 6 on 3 ff. outside pagin.) by B. Picart, F. Bouttats, J. Folkema, P. & M. Bouche, J. Wandelaar and Ph. a Gunst after G. Maas, J. de Wit, S. Le Clercq, C. Le Brun, P. Testa... "Magnifique ouvrage" and preferable to the French edition because of the earlier impression of the plates (Cohen). Some woodcut initials and endpieces.
Ref. Cohen 768. - STCN.