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“God himself helps those who dare”: The Limited Editions Club Edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses; signed by engraver Hans Erni and printer Giovanni Mardersteig; Finely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
OVID; HANS ERNI [ENGRAVER]; GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG [PRINTER],.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1958.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sir Samuel Garth's translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with engraved book pages. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with black and white engravings. Boldly signed by engraver Hans Erni and printer Giovanni Mardersteig of Verona at the Officina Bodoni on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 113. Translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve, and other eminent hands in 1717. In fine condition. Illustrated with engravings by Hans Erni.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 148535
