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Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses

London: The Folio Society, 1995

Illustrated by SHIRLEY SMITH, Richard

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Metamorphoses, by Ovid.

London: The Folio Society, 1995. First printing thus.Translated and introduced by Mary M. Innes, illustrations by Richard Shirley Smith. 252 × 176 × 48 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxix [xxx–xxxii], 1–350 [351–352]: [8] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. 32, 49, 97, 112, 225, 240, 288 and 305). Type: Baskerville with Fry’s Baskerville for display and title lettering drawn by Shirley Smith. Typeset by Gloucester Typesetting, printed and bound by the Bath Press. Quarter dark blue series binding, pale grey cloth boards with a design in dark green by Shirley Smith; grey endleaves. Grey slip case. In addition to the plates, there are 12 tail-pieces (one used twice) and the title-page design, which incorporates the main title and imprint in a pastiche of a classical monumental inscription. Two hundred unbound copies were taken by Designer Bookbinders for their 1996 design competition.

A very good copy with a small spot of foxing to fore edge, a little shallow scuffing to spine, a small, faded yellow mark to front board and an innocuously bumped corner to rear. Otherwise a near-fine example with pages tightly bound and free of inscriptions. In a very good slipcase that is a little bumped to rear corners and has some shelf-wear.

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