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Title

 French adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, published in Amsterdam in 1697


Creator

 Bensérade, Isaac de (auteur/author), Mortier, Pierre (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1697


Type

 titelblad, title page


Measurements

 15 x 9,5 cm.


Related term

 Franse boekhandel, privileges, nadrukken, titelpagina's


Period

 17e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, M44: Taalwetenschap, letterkunde: Frans


Content

 The rise of the French-language book trade in the Republic was due to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685. Thousands of Huguenots, among whom many publishers and booksellers, made their way to the protestant Netherlands. Publishers such as Pierre Mortier earned a living by reprinting popular French texts. The original of this pirate edition was printed in 1677 in Paris by the Imprimerie Royale. Even the dedication to the French crown prince was copied.


Original

 Bensérade, Isaac de. - Metamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux : imprimez & enrichis de figures par ordre de sa majesté, dediéz à monseigneur le dauphin. - Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1697, deel II, titelpagina


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 766 H 31


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek