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Ovidius Naso (Publius) Ad Marinum Sannutum Epistola qui apud Graecos Scripserint Metamorfoseis..., collation: a-h a-z A-B8 C4 (first h8 blank), small single wormhole within text from 2nd r1 to end, occasional staining, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [October, 1502]; Heroidum Epistolae, collation: aa-ii8 kk4 ll-pp8 qq4 rr-zz8 AA-BB8 CC10 (qq4 blank), ink ownership inscription to title 'ex-libris dott. Gio Bascarin' some staining or spotting, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [December, 1502]; Fastorum Libri VI. De Tristibus Libri V. De Ponto Libri IIII, collation: aaa-kkk8 lll6 mmm-sss8 ttt6 uuu-zzz8 AAA-CCC8 (lll6 blank), ink inscription to verso of lll5 'Moi Petri Joannis Ciati', title foxed and stained, occasional staining and spotting elsewhere, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [February, 1503], together 3 vol., italic type, woodcut printer's devices to titles and final versos, initial spaces with guide-letters, uniformly bound in antique style calf, gilt, 8vo (150x 194mm, 155 x 95mm. and 155 x 95mm).

⁂ A good set of the rare first Aldine editions of the works of Ovid, issued between 1502 and 1503. All are dedicated to the book collector and scholar Marino Sanuto, to whom Aldus also dedicated his works of Angelo Poliziano.

Literature: Adams O469, O423 & O426; Ahmanson-Murphy 66, 67 & 68; Renouard, Alde, 37:12, 37:13 & 38:14; EDIT 16 CNCE 36136, 36132 & 48412.

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Ovidius Naso (Publius) Ad Marinum Sannutum Epistola qui apud Graecos Scripserint Metamorfoseis..., collation: a-h a-z A-B8 C4 (first h8 blank), small single wormhole within text from 2nd r1 to end, occasional staining, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [October, 1502]; Heroidum Epistolae, collation: aa-ii8 kk4 ll-pp8 qq4 rr-zz8 AA-BB8 CC10 (qq4 blank), ink ownership inscription to title 'ex-libris dott. Gio Bascarin' some staining or spotting, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [December, 1502]; Fastorum Libri VI. De Tristibus Libri V. De Ponto Libri IIII, collation: aaa-kkk8 lll6 mmm-sss8 ttt6 uuu-zzz8 AAA-CCC8 (lll6 blank), ink inscription to verso of lll5 'Moi Petri Joannis Ciati', title foxed and stained, occasional staining and spotting elsewhere, [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [February, 1503], together 3 vol., italic type, woodcut printer's devices to titles and final versos, initial spaces with guide-letters, uniformly bound in antique style calf, gilt, 8vo (150x 194mm, 155 x 95mm. and 155 x 95mm).

⁂ A good set of the rare first Aldine editions of the works of Ovid, issued between 1502 and 1503. All are dedicated to the book collector and scholar Marino Sanuto, to whom Aldus also dedicated his works of Angelo Poliziano.

Literature: Adams O469, O423 & O426; Ahmanson-Murphy 66, 67 & 68; Renouard, Alde, 37:12, 37:13 & 38:14; EDIT 16 CNCE 36136, 36132 & 48412.

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