Antique engraving depicting the story of Meleager from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, specifically Book VIII, as indicated by the Latin text at the bottom. The Latin inscription "Flamma Meleagrus ab illa Uritur, & cæcis torreri vifcera fentit Ignibus" translates to "Meleager is consumed by that flame, and feels his vitals burning with hidden fires". Mounted to paper, hand coloured.. Image measures 5.25 inches H x 4 W, paper measures 8 inches H x 5.75. Foxing and fading in keeping with age.

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