Ovidius Naso, Ovidii Metamorphoseon libri XV, [Lyon, Baldazare de Gabiano? 1506?], contemporary French calf

Ovidius Naso, Publius. Ovidii Metamorphoseon libri XV. [Lyon: Baldazare de Gabiano? 1506?]

First volume of the second Lyonese counterfeit edition of Ovid, this volume copying the Aldine October 1502 edition. 

8vo (165 x 95 mm). Italic type, 32 lines plus headline. collation: a-z⁸ A⁸ I⁸ 3¹⁰ (A8 a blank): 210 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, interlinear notes on fol. a3r. (Restoration to title, title reattached, scattered spotting and staining.)

binding: Contemporary French calf over pasteboards (174 x 105 mm), frame between two broad blind rules containing roll of chalice with stem flanked by fleur-de-lis and another vessel flanked by vegetative forms, central panel empty, spine with raised bands in five compartments, edges gilt and gauffered to a pattern of seven-petaled flowers (Rebacked to style, corners restored, endleaves renewed.)

provenance: Inscription dated 1636 at head of title-page — inscription "Fourles Augustine (?) Darnidil (?) 1644" on title- page — inscriptions "ex bibliotheca conventus vrin biunensis (?) oudinis ermitatium S. Augustini amiutorii (?)" and "Rin- 12/36" on title-page — Colonna di Sciarra, family library (Rome), ex libris "Biblioteca Sciarra" — Reiss & Sohn, 26-27 October 2010, lot 936. acquisition: Purchased at Reiss & Sohn via Robin Halwas. references: UCLA 1129 (not in collection); Renouard 307/13; FB 81197; USTC 142889; Baudrier VII, 13 (collation agrees); Shaw 24