Ovid's Metamorphoses
by [Larry McMurtry Collection] Ovid / Hans Erni
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Jacket and slipcase sunned, soiled, and worn, else fine. LMM-367
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Jacket and slipcase sunned, soiled, and worn, else fine. LMM-367. Ovid.. Hans Erni, illustrator. Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. Verona: The Limited Editions Club, 1958. Limited edition, No. 253 of 1,500 numbered copies.
Signed by illustrator Hans Erni and printer Giovanni Mardersteig.
Octavo. [520]pp. Illustrated, with engravings by Hand Erni. Publisher's beige quarter cloth over green paste paper boards, top edge stained yellow, original paper dust wrapper, housed in custom card slipcase.
Signed by illustrator Hans Erni and printer Giovanni Mardersteig.
Octavo. [520]pp. Illustrated, with engravings by Hand Erni. Publisher's beige quarter cloth over green paste paper boards, top edge stained yellow, original paper dust wrapper, housed in custom card slipcase.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 367
- Title
- Ovid's Metamorphoses
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry Collection] Ovid / Hans Erni
- Book Condition
- Used - Jacket and slipcase sunned, soiled, and worn, else fine. LMM-367
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- LEC, Poetry, Illustrated
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About the Seller
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Addison, Texas
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