STC415885 Daedalus and Icarus or Dedalo ed Icaro, Book VIII, illustration from Ovid\'s Metamorphoses, Florence, 1832 (hand-coloured engraving) by Ademollo, Luigi (1764-1849); Private Collection; (add.info.: P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV cum Appositis Italico Carmine* Interpretationibus ac Notis, 5 Vols (Florence, 1824, repr. 1832); Book VIII; Daedalus: A famous inventor and architect, after Daedalus killed his nephew Telus, he fled to Minos\'s court at Crete. When he tires of working for Minos, he escapes with his son Icarus by building wings out of feathers and wax. His son Icarus is killed when he flies too close to the sun. Icarus: Son of Daedalus, he dies when he flies too close to the son and the wax in his wings melt. ); The Stapleton Collection; Italian, out of copyright.