OVID. (Jacob REENSTIERNA, translator).
Nägre fabler af Ovidii Metamorphoses, förswanskade (af Jacob Reenstierna).
Stockholm, Julius G. Matthiae, 1708. 8vo in 4s. With woodcut device on the title-page, engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication, 19 small engraved illustrations in the text by N. Guerard (ca. 5 x 6 cm), and woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine with title in gold. [xvi], [138] pp.
€ 2,500
Nicely produced and finely illustrated first and only edition of a choice selection of fables from Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated into Swedish by Jacob Reenstierna, the first published Swedish translation of any of Ovids writings. Reenstierna, the translator and editor, dedicated the book to Charlotte Piper, signing the dedication from Norkiöping, 10 December 1708.
Good copy. Svenskt biklexicon (1830-1865), vol. M-O, p. 184.
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