Folio Archives 444: Ars Amatoria by Publius Ovidius Naso 1965
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Ars Amatoria (Art of Love) by Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) 1965
In the first century AD, Ovid, author of the epic poem Metamorphoses, was severely criticised for writing The Art of Love, a poem which playfully instructed women in the art of seduction and men in the skills essential for mastering the art of romantic conquest. The poem reveals love’s timeless dilemmas and Ovid’s enduring brilliance as both poet and cultural critic.
This is a very small book being only 19.5x12.8cm. in its plain grey slipcase. It is illustrated on almost every page with integrated vignettes, as well as a full-page frontispiece and three half-page section heading drawings by Victor Reinganum. All illustrations and page numbers are printed in dark brown.
The 127 page book is translated by B.P. Moore and has a five page introduction by P.C (otherwise unidentified). The white endpapers are printed in dark brown with a mildly erotic pattern. The page tops are stained dark green, It is quarter bound in black leather with a gilt spine title and brown cloth covers.
The Art of Love was also published under that title by the Folio Society in 1993 in a translation by James Michie as both a standard and limited edition, but this 1965 edition uses the Latin title. A review of the 1993 edition can be seen HERE.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
In the first century AD, Ovid, author of the epic poem Metamorphoses, was severely criticised for writing The Art of Love, a poem which playfully instructed women in the art of seduction and men in the skills essential for mastering the art of romantic conquest. The poem reveals love’s timeless dilemmas and Ovid’s enduring brilliance as both poet and cultural critic.
This is a very small book being only 19.5x12.8cm. in its plain grey slipcase. It is illustrated on almost every page with integrated vignettes, as well as a full-page frontispiece and three half-page section heading drawings by Victor Reinganum. All illustrations and page numbers are printed in dark brown.
The 127 page book is translated by B.P. Moore and has a five page introduction by P.C (otherwise unidentified). The white endpapers are printed in dark brown with a mildly erotic pattern. The page tops are stained dark green, It is quarter bound in black leather with a gilt spine title and brown cloth covers.
The Art of Love was also published under that title by the Folio Society in 1993 in a translation by James Michie as both a standard and limited edition, but this 1965 edition uses the Latin title. A review of the 1993 edition can be seen HERE.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
