The Art of Love. [Ars Amatoria.] Twenty-seven original lithographs by Federico Righi.
by Ovid
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Synopsis
The Ars amatoria is a poem in three books by the Roman poet Ovid. It claims to provide teaching in three areas of general preoccupation: how and where to find women (and husbands) in Rome, how to seduce them, and how to prevent others from stealing them.
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15377
- Title
- The Art of Love. [Ars Amatoria.] Twenty-seven original lithographs by Federico Righi.
- Author
- Ovid
- Format/Binding
- Loose folded sheets, in pictorial lithographed wrappers. Twenty-six lithographic plates, some in three colors, and some in two c
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition thus. One of 155 copies, signed by the artist. The
- Publisher
- Ferdinand Roten Galleries Inc.,
- Place of Publication
- [Baltimore:]
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 211 pp
- Size
- Folio (46 x 36 cm.).
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Wrappers
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Folio
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