Ovide - Métamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux - 1697

Rare edition of this charming, singular poetic work of the ancient text, transforming mythological stories into a brief and elegant form favored in 17th-century French literature.

The work revisits the great fables of Greco-Roman mythology — divine transformations, tragic loves, exemplary metamorphoses — but condenses them into rondeaux, fixed and repetitive poems that offer a reading that is both playful and refined.

This transposition reflects a dual project: to make an erudite corpus accessible and enjoyable by dressing it in the gallant forms of the era, and to place Ovid within the French poetic tradition by adapting him to fashionable tastes and literary circles.

Thus, she embodies a meeting between antique heritage and French poetic art, transforming mythological material into a stylistic exercise that combines erudition, entertainment, and formal virtuosity.

Ovid - Metamorphoses by Ovid in rondeaux - 1697 - Pierre Mortier
[x], 243, [1]; 220, [4] pages.

Very good condition of the binding, book in its brown half-morocco, marbled boards, slight signs of use, rubbed corners, gilded edges, smooth decorated spine, gilt titling.

Good interior condition, foxing and water stains, work adorned with beautiful engravings interspersed within the text, marbled endpapers in good condition.

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