P. Ovidii Nasonis Amatoria ...
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1545
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3113644
Summary
Bibliographic description
224 leaves . 16mo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Trace of early inscription on title page, faded and illegible. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered The Right Honourable Wilmot, Viscount Lisburne, in the Kingdom of Ireland. (Not in Franks) [i.e. Wilmot Vaughn (1730-1800), 4th Viscount Lisburne from 1766 to 1776, when he was created 1st Earl]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full sheep over boards; gilt-rolled inner edges; sewn on five raised bands; paper edges gilt; green ribbon bookmark sewn in.
Makers and roles
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD)