OVID, (43 B.C.--17 or 18 A.D.)
[Works. 1714]
P. Ovidii Nasonis Opera Petrus Burmannus ad fidem veterum exemplarium castigavit.
Trajecti Batavorum, apud Guilielmum vande Water, acad. typog.,, 1714.
3 vols ; 13.2 cm. (12º)
I: [58], 302 p., engr. frontis. port., add. engr. t.-pl.
II: 340, [18] p.
III: 339 [i.e. 369], [1] p.

Title from general title-page, bound as leaf [*3] in tome I of the Soane copy. Each tome has a volume title-page dated 1713, reading Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum tomus I. (II., III.) ... . The engraved title-page and frontispiece, also dated 1713, are by B. Picart. In tome III page 358 is misnumbered '369' and 369 is misnumbered '339'.

Copy Notes Imperfect; tome III wanting title-page and all before page 3. Verso of engraved title in tome I inscribed in pencil: 3 vols. - 3s/6; earlier bookseller's code in ink on front pastedown.

Binding C18th sprinkled sheep, gilt-tooled spines, dark red leather spine-labels.

Reference Number 3936

Additional Names Burman, Pieter (1668--1741)