Ovid, Metamorphoses. 1505. 8°. Lyon: Balthazar de Gabiano
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1505
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Ouidii Metamorphoseon libri XV.
[Lyon]: [pr. for B. de Gabiano?], [1504–1505].
8°: a–z A–B⁸ C⁴ 1⁸ 2⁴ 3⁸.
Printed in Lyon with typographical material associated with Balthazar de Gabiano.
First Lyon counterfeit of the 1502 Aldine edition.
Register on C4v, followed by errata, ‘Vita’, and index.
Signature pattern: ‘$’–‘$iiij’ (also ‘$ii’).
Catchword pattern: quire.
Types: It6 (80mm; IC).
Initials: spaces and guide letters.
Baudrier, vii, 13 (with wrong collation).
David J. Shaw, ‘The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus’s italic type: a new chronology’, In: The Italian book 1465–1800: Studies presented to Dennis E. Rhodes on his 70th birthday, British Library, 1993, 117–133, no. 14.
von Gültlingen, i, Gabiano, no. 17.
| [IS001610] | 1068.f.17. |