Ovide - Héroïdes - 1523

Rare edition of this collection of fictional verse letters in which heroines of Greek and Roman mythology express their romantic feelings, their sufferings and their disillusionments in the face of absence, abandonment or indifference from their lovers, giving a poetic voice to female figures often secondary in traditional mythological narratives -

Each letter adopts the form of a complaint or confession addressed to an absent hero, which allows Ovid to subtly and elegantly explore human emotions such as desire, fidelity, jealousy and the pain of separation -

The work features famous characters such as Penelope, Dido or Medea, each expressing in her own way an intense passion mixed with sadness and resignation, revealing the psychological complexity of mythological figures -

Ovid - Heroides - 1523 -

Good binding condition, the work in its brown half-leather with period corner pieces, wear from use, headpieces, corners and spines worn, blue speckled edges, gilt-ornamented spine, gilded title and date -

Interior condition fair, foxing and damp-stains on the lower part of the pages, missing the title page, beautiful initial letter, rare copy -

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