[FINE PROVENANCE] Ovids Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'...

Hammer

£550

[FINE PROVENANCE] Ovids Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in Figures, ...by G. S. [i.e. George Sandys], folio, engr. frontis (cut down & relaid) add. engr. title-page, 15 plates (old paper rebacking / repair to 2 plates), pp. [20], 303 (lacking last blank, old paper repairs to pp. 25-28, head of, not affecting text), some waterstaining to foot throughout, contemporary calf (rebacked with original spine & label), edges worn, all edges with old marbling, L., Printed by J. L. for Andrew Hebb, 1640;PROVENANCE:Large engraved ex-libris for Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater.Name of Loristans to foot of engr. title.Initials E. O., inked out, on title & full name on C1, Elizabeth Owen.Pencil name "Tho.s Lowndes verso B2.Unidentified in margin of dedication leaf.