P. Ouidij Nasonis uita per Aldum ex ipsius libris excerpta. Heroidum epistolae Amorum libri III. De arte amandi libri III. De remedio amoris libri II. De medicamine faciei Nux Somnium Pulex & Philomela, quamuis Ouidij esse dicantur, non magis tamen ipsius sunt, quàm Sabini tres illae, quae illi ascribuntur, epistolae. Ne[quo]d tamen desyderari à nobis posset: haec etiam adiunximus..
Ovid,43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Manuzio, Aldo,1449 or 1450-1515.
Asteley, Edward,active 17th century,former owner.StEdNL
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri,
mense Maio. M.D.XV. [1515]
Imprint from colophon.
With printer's device on title page.
Imprimatur below printer's device: Hos libros etiam, Pontificum Alexandri, Iulij, ae Leonis demum decretis: nequis alius usquam locorum impune imprimat, cautum est.
An example of Aldus's printer's device has been cut from another book and pasted below colophon. In manuscript on verso of cutting are the first three words of a Rotas-Sator square: "Sator. Arepo. Tenet.".
Leaf Bb8 is blank.
Washed out early inscriptions on title page. Ink inscription on front of vellum binding "Liber Edri Asteley". On recto of front flyleaf are written the names "Drew Asteleie" and "Edward Asteley". Front and back enpapers and flyleaves contain substanital inscriptions in 17th century hand including English and Latin verse and an index to the book. Text annotated and underlined in many places. NLS pencil inscription on title verso "Bought John Orr 12.5.30".
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Latin poetry
Rotas-Sator square
Italy Venice.