Ovid. Le Trasformationi di M. Lodovico Dolce
Venice, Gabriel Giolito de Ferrarie Fratel, 1553. 1st ed. (12),309,(1) p. Large 8vo. Rebound in green leather w. gilt title on spine. Title in woodcut historiated architectural border, 93 woodcut text ills. (some duplicates), historiated letters beginning each canto, half p. woodcut zonal world map incl. the Americas, last leaf w. printer's device, printed in italics in 2 columns.
Rare, beautiful 1st ed. of Dolce's Italian transl. of Ovid's Metamorphoses in ottava rima. Ex libris G. Fumach upper pastedown. Sl. foxing/ staining, some early paper repairs throughout esp. last few pages, last p. w. printer's device sl. dam./ reinforced. Good condition.