P. Ovid. Nasonis XV Metamorphoseon librorv̄ figuræ : elegantissime a Crs̄piano Passæo laminis æneis incisae : qvibvs svbivncta svnt epigrāmata latine ac germanice conscripta, fabularum omnium summam breuiter ac erudite comprehendentia, autore Gvilhelmo Salsmanno s. theologiæ apud Agrippinenses doctore ac poeta laureato.

Signatures: [paragraph mark]⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A-K⁴.First published 1602 as: Metamorphoseon Ovidiarum typi aliquot artificiosissime delineati. The text was confined to the 2 Latin couplets on each plate. The present ed. additionally includes Salsmann's letterpress explanations in Latin and German verse. See Henkel.Consists of 132 numbered engravings and 2 unnumbered (leaves [3] and [4]). Many of the engravings are signed in the plate by van de Passe. Nos. 17, 33, 35, 41, 70, 93, and 95 are after Maarten de Vos. Engraved t.p. signed in the plate: B.P. s. Plate 4 has legend: Coloniae Agrippin. anno domini 1604.Henkel, M. Illustrierte Ausgaben von Ovids Metamorphoses (Vorträge der Bibliothek Warburg),Franken, D. van de Passe,Mode of access: Internet.Binding: old calf over beveled boards. Top board with central blind-stamped oval containing a scene, now illegible. Gold fillet and scalloping along edges of both boards. Rebacked; spine with 4 raised bands, gold tooling in compartments; title on red leather label in 2nd compartment: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Passe. Text followed by 38 blank binder's leaves. Attached to foredge of lower board are 2 leather tabs with metal clasps that fit over posts in top board. Edges dark blue.Plate 92 of Library's copy ("Venus et Adonis") is mounted over an impression of plate 89 ("Hyacinthus in florem")