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Title

Metamorphoseōn Ouidianarum typi aliquot : artificiosissimè delineati ac in gratiam studiosae juuentutis editi / per Crispianum Passaeum Zeelandum chalcographum.

Author

Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637.

Publication

[Cologne : C. van de Passe], 1602 [i.e. 1602-1604?]

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Additional Authors

• Posthius, Johannes, 1537-1597.
• Estius, Franco.
• Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.
• Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.
• Quad, Matthias, 1557-1613.
• Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.

Description

[136] leaves : all ill.; 17 x 23 cm (4to)

Alternative Title

Metamorphoseōn Ovidianarum typi aliquot

Subjects

• Mythology, Classical > Pictorial works
• Mythology, Classical, in art
• Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D > Metamorphoses > Illustrations

Note

• Penultimate letter of first word of title represented by Greek character omega.
• The 8th plate has imprint "Coloniae Agrippin. Anno Domini 1604." Several other plates have Passe's Cologne imprint, one dated 1602.
• Engraved throughout by Crispijn van de Passe the Elder, including illustrated t.p. and dedication. In part after Maarten de Vos; several after the engraver's own designs. Others are copied from Hendrik Goltzius and others. For discussion and reproduction of all plates, cf. Veldman, Ilja M. Profit and pleasure : print books by Crispijn de Passe. Rotterdam, c2001. p. [73]-84; figs. 114-249, p. 317-384.
• Verse legends derived from Ovid's Metamorphoses, by Johannes Posthius (58), Franciscus Estius (15) and others, chiefly "engraved in a calligraphic hand characteristic of Matthias Quad"; cf. Veldman. For transcription, identification of author where known, and English translation, cf. Veldman, p. 189-240.

Indexed In (note)

• Brunet
• Franken, D. Œuvre gravé des van de Passe

Provenance (note)

• Jehan Gauvain (autograph on t.p); unidentified armorial bookplate (gules, a bend ermine), possibly of Gauvain.

Binding (note)

• Half red morocco, gilt, and marbled paper boards, by Bruyère (signed on spine), i.e. Jean-Pierre Bruyère, of Lyon? Wanting the morocco corners.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Neth. 1602 (Passe, C. Metamorphoseon Ouidianarum typi)

OCLC

30133115

Author

Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637.

Title

Metamorphoseōn Ouidianarum typi aliquot : artificiosissimè delineati ac in gratiam studiosae juuentutis editi / per Crispianum Passaeum Zeelandum chalcographum.

Imprint

[Cologne : C. van de Passe], 1602 [i.e. 1602-1604?]

Indexed In:

Brunet, IV, col. 414

Franken, D. Œuvre gravé des van de Passe, 1338

Provenance

Jehan Gauvain (autograph on t.p); unidentified armorial bookplate (gules, a bend ermine), possibly of Gauvain. NN

Binding

Half red morocco, gilt, and marbled paper boards, by Bruyère (signed on spine), i.e. Jean-Pierre Bruyère, of Lyon? Wanting the morocco corners. NN

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy incomplete: wanting plate numbered 18 by Franken (Veldman, fig. 133). Others not in Franken/Veldman order.

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Place of Publication

Germany Cologne.

Added Author

Posthius, Johannes, 1537-1597.

Estius, Franco.

Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603. Illustrator

Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617. Illustrator

Quad, Matthias, 1557-1613. Calligrapher

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.

Bruyère, Jean-Pierre, 1802-1870. Binder

Gauvain, Jehan. Former owner

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Neth. 1602 (Passe, C. Metamorphoseon Ouidianarum typi)