OVIDE. The Metamorphoses... Paris, Desray libraire, et imprimerie de Crapelet, 1808. 4 vol. in-8° bound in full long-grained green morocco, spine decorated smooth and gilt with thousand-point decoration, wide gilt border on covers, Greek-style roulette inside, yellow moire endpapers, gilt, (Binding signed P. Bozerian Jeune). Vol.1: LXVI, 323 pp, Vol.2: [2] ff, 400 pp, Vol.3: [2] ff, 424 pp, Vol.4: [2] ff, 428 pp. Complete with its rich illustration of 139 figures (as indicated in the notice to the bookbinder) after Eisen, Moreau le Jeune, Gravelot, Monnet and Boucher, engraved by masters such as Massard, Simonet, Née, Leveau, Ponce, Binet and De Longueil, in addition to the frontispiece and the portrait by Desaintange. A very fine bilingual edition with the French text in verse, printed with great care by Crapelet, famous for the quality of its typesetting and the fineness of its paper. The translation into French verse is by Desaintange, accompanied by a wealth of critical material in the form of scholarly notes and remarks. A very fine copy from the library of Pierre Bérès, labelled on the flyleaf, in a magnificent binding in very good condition. Provenance: Edgar Brandt (1880-1960), then remained in the family to this day Very good condition Binding: Slight rubbing to some boards Small dent in one cut of Vol.1 Inside pages: Scattered freckles Several leaves foxed Few tears in the margins