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METAMORPHOSES D' OVIDE EN RONDEAUX.PARIS.IMPRIMERIE ROYALE 1676 Engraved Frontispiece by Charles Le Brun inv. and Sebastien Le Clerc sculp. Par les Soins de SebastienMabre-Cramoisy,Imprimeur de Sa Majesté, et Directeur de son Imprimerie Royale One of the main works of FRENCH BOOK ILLUSTRATION in the 17th, century Traduit de Isaac.de Bensérade..Frontispiece de Charles LeBrun, Vignette du Titre de S.LeClerc, 2 vignettes de lampe. Orné de 226 belles cuivres en texte de Sebastien LeClerc,Francois Chauveau et Jean-Francois Lepautre. Goldsmith O237, Tchemerzine, Rép.17e siècle I,32; Brunet IV,288, Graesse V,90, Katalog PMM II,95 cf.SAUR AKL and SAUR BBI, Thieme-Becker etc. Collection HELM&HELM Sammlung Lindach Polygraphicum3EinbaendeOVIDMETAMORPHOSESParis1676.jpg

MÉTAMORPHOSES EN RONDEAUX BY OVID .PARIS 1676 Titlepage with copper-engraved Vignette by Sebastien LeClerc One of the capital works of French Book Illustration of the 17th. Century Translated into Rondeaux by Isaac de Bensérade.Illustrated with Copper-Engravings by Charles Le Brun,Sebastien LeClerc ,Jean-Francois Lepautre & Francois Chauveau.. Published at L'Imprimerie Royale.Printed under Direction of Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy.Paris 1676.Royal-Quarto This splendid work ranks among the most magnificent Ovid Editions ever produced. Originally commissioned by King Louis XIV for the edification of his son ,the Dauphin and first published in this form Engraved frontispiece by Charles LeBrun.Engraved vignette on titlepage.Letter of 1674 from LeBrun to Bensérade describing the symbolism of the frontispiece ,mentioning that this ....composition speaks for itself and doesn't need much explication.The verse open with a double page rondeau redoublé AU Roy with engraved Sun & Putti vignette.Then follow LETTRE DEDICATOIRE EN RONDEAU AU DAUPHIN ,PREFACE EN RONDEAU AU LECTEUR ,EXTRAIT DU PRIVILEGE DU ROY EN RONDEAU ,ERRATA EN RONDEAU The verses as translated and reversified by Isaac de Bensérade (1613-1691) start with chapter LE CHAOS and end with chapter JULES CESAR en Comete..The work concludes with CHIFFRE , SUITE DU MESME CHIFFRE , AUTRE SUR LE PLUS AUGUSTE NOM QUI SOIT DANS LE MONDE , DERNIER RONDEAU , RONDEAU REDOUBLÉ POUR LA CONCLUSION DE L'OUVRAGE , Index TABLE DES RONDEAUX SUR LES METAMORPHOSES ET AUTRES RONDEAUX, COLOPHON & LEGALWORK OF PUBLICATION (EXTRAIT DES REGISTRES du Conseil d'Estat) Total 228 brilliant engravings in texto ,102 of which were produced by Francois Chauveau,who was paid 2318 livres for his efforts. Later Half-Calf.Marbled Paper Covers.Raised bands.Spine gilt Ref.: Goldsmith O237 , Tchemerzine, Répertoire 17e. siècle I,32 ; Brunet IV,288 ; Graesse V,90 ; Katalog PMM II,95 : ..."Sébastien Cramoisy died in 1669 and was succeeded as Director of the Imprimerie Royale by his grandson,Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy (1642-87).Under him the Press devoted much of its time to the production of the Cabinet du Roi , a series intended to leave no doubts in the mind of posterity of the greatness of Louis XIV .These volumes were,however,collections of plates ,rather than books,and the best examples of typography of this period are to be found among the smaller illustrated works.Benserade's Ovid with its charming vignettes (some by Sebastien LeClerc ,but majority by Francois Chauveau),clearly foreshadows the French illustrated book of the eighteenth century"... cf.SAUR AKL & SAUR BBI , Thieme-Becker: CHARLES LEBRUN, SEBASTIEN LECLERC, JEAN-FRANCOIS LEPAUTRE & FRANCOIS.CHAUVEAU Collection HELM&HELM Sammlung Lindach https://web.archive.org/web/20100122170956/http://www.polygraphicum.de/einbaende.html

OVID.METAMORPHOSEN.PARIS.IMPRIMERIE ROYALE 1676 Halbleder Einband.Marmorierte Deckel. Reich illustrierte Kupferstich Ausgabe bei Mabre-Cramoisy.Imprimeur du Roi.Paris.1676 und Übersetzung von Isaac de Bensérade Hauptwerk der Französischen Buchillustration de 17.Jahrhunderts Goldsmith O237 Tchemerzine, Répertoire 17e. siècle I,32 ; Brunet IV,288, Graesse V,90 , Katalog PMM II,95 Collection HELM&HELM Sammlung Lindach Polygraphicum2EinbaendeOVIDMETAMORPHOSESParis1676.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqj5cDFlVQE https://sites.google.com/view/he1m/home <> https://web.archive.org/web/20091115161911/http://www.polygraphicum.de/refs.html