Ovide - The Metamorphoses. Club Du Livre, 1981, Illustrations By Dimanov And Publisher's Binding.

[DIMANOV] - OVIDE - Les métamorphoses. Paris, Club du Livre, 1981; in-4, 232 + 232 pp, publisher's full black leather bindings, boards stamped with decoration inspired by ancient Greece, gilt head, 5-rib spine, in slipcases. The 2 volumes.
Ovid (Publius-Ovidius-Naso), the famous Latin poet born in Sulmona (Abruzzo) in 43 BC and died in 18 AD in Tomes, near the mouths of the Danube, was destined for a career as a lawyer. He studied in Rome under Messala, befriended Virgil, Horace, Tibullus and Propertius, and earned the good graces of Augustus. He gave up law early on to become a poet, influenced by a trip to Athens, the signs of which can be found in his Metamorphoses. When he was forty, Augustus sent him into exile. He died a free citizen in 18 A.D. in Tomes. Numbered copy, one of 2300 copies. Preface by Jacques Lacarrière. Illustrations by Dimanov printed in black by Jean Malinvaud and stencilled in color by André Jacomet. Very good condition.