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Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide : mises en vers françois

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D, Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709, Ertinger, Franz, 1640-approximately 1710, Brunet, Michel, active 1668-1700 · 1697 · A Paris : Chez Michel Brunet ... · 23 pictures

Thomas Corneille's 1697 French verse translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, published in Paris by Michel Brunet with engravings by Franz Ertinger, aimed at a learned French readership. The framed copperplate scenes show mythic figures in landscapes, and the floral and foliate tailpieces offer a designer compact ornamental vignettes and classical storytelling motifs.

Fables, Latin · Metamorphosis · Mythology, Classical

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