Metamorphoses
Consignment
Published in 2008 - Metamorphoses by Ovid.
Bound in Nigerian goatskin leather blocked in gold with a design. Printed on Vizille Ivoire Laid paper. 16 tipped-in colour plates, 2 with a gatefold. Printed endpapers. Gilded top edge. Ribbon marker. 484pp. Gold-blocked solander box. 2750 copies. 13x9¾in.
From the Limitation Page
This edition of Metamorphoses has been typeset in Centaur at The Folio Society and printedon Vizille Ivorie Laid paper by Memminger MedienCentrum, Memmingen, Germany. It is bound in full leather by Lachenmaier, Reutlingen, Germany, in Nigerian goatskin, blocked iwht a design by Simon Brett, based upon Bernini's Apollo and Daphne. This edition is limited to 2750 numbered copies for members of The Folio Society and 20 lettered copies hors commerce.
This is copy number: 1856
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