First printed edition of the works of Ovid. (Ovide)Printed in Bologna in 1471. The volume is embellished by elegant decoration with columns and faux reliefs on the first page of the 'Metamorphoses'- Ovid; Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC - 17/18 AD); was a Roman poet.The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem considered Ovid's magnum opus. Comprising 11;995 lines; 15 books and over 250 myths; the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.- Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana2018