Apulius (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Literature. Reprint edition. Lacking slipcase. Covers rubbed, unevenly tanned, spine tanned with some wear on the spine ends. Interior clean and tight.

Condition: Used - Good. Good paperback. New ed. Text in French. Previous owner only got as far as p.22 - pages thereafter unopened at top edge, apart from a few pages of notes at rear. Binding tight; spine slightly worn, with tiny loss at head of front joint. Series "Les grandes oeuvres de l'antiquite classique' Used - Good. Good paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Peercival Goodman (illustrator). Translated by Jack Lindsay Ed of 1500. Signed by Goodman.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Bone paper slipcase with gilt lettering,; slipcase had darkened; No marks or writing, clean tight binding;; Slipcase with book Ltd Edition no # 785/1500, watercolor illustrated signed by artist; includes members newsletter; more scans/pictures available upon request; ; Signed, Limited Edition; Signed by Illustrator Very Good book is a beautiful vellum with gilt lettering colors.

Half Calf and Marbled. Condition: Good. Engravings as Flaxman (illustrator). Paris: Chez Jean-Francois Bastien, 1822. Nouvelle Traduction, Avec Le Latin En Regard, Par J.A. Maury [New Translation, with Latin Original Text on facing versos, by J.A. Maury]. Imprimerie D'Ange Clo. Line engravings with tissue guards throughout both volumes. Two volumes, octavo; vol. 1 [6] xxvii + 370 pp.; vol 2 [6], 426 pp. Half calf with marbled boards, gilt and black compartments and lettering on spine; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. One example in each copy, at the front pastedown, of the artful bookplate of author Kirby Flower Smith. Leather worn and soiled with three joints cracked; spine ends perished and two small spine pieces missing as well from Vol 1; light internal foxing, rarely affecting the abundant plates, and scarcely so when that occurs. A scarce antiquarian two-volume rendition, in French on rectos with Latin original text on versos opposite, of "The Golden Ass" (or, "Metamorphosis") of Apulius. The earliest known classic tale of its type, that being a rather zesty account of the ribald Thessalian adventures of a young Greek aristocrat, Lucius. Eventually, Lucius betrays a priestess - as much of a no-no then as now - and is transformed into an ass. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Written by Apulius in the second century A.D. Replete with [uncredited] enchanting line-drawing engravings after the fashion of Flaxman; the stylistic novelty, particularly with illustrations of ancient Greek scenes, carries more than a bit of magic. For the bookplate collector, there are two of Kirby Flower Smith's stylish plates, one in each volume. Smith authored The Elegies of Albius Tibullus, Numa and Egeria, The Tale of Gyges and the King of Lydia, and other titles. Uncommon set. L-37n.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Décoloration. French Roman antique d?Apulée racontant les aventures de Lucius, transformé en âne à la suite d?expériences magiques. Le récit mêle satire, fantastique, initiation religieuse et épisodes burlesques, dont le célèbre conte de Psyché et Cupidon. Cette édition illustrée par P. Avril met en valeur le caractère sensuel et imaginaire de ce classique de la littérature latine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Full vellum cover is toned with very faint foxing on back cover but in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. A barely visible 1/4" drip on title page and couple on the copyright page and prologue. Pages are otherwise clean and near pristine. Signed by illustrator on limitiations page, this being copy #368 of only 1500 copies produced. Slipcase is heavily toned, foxed, and soiled with light wear to corners but solid. .; Signed, Limired Edition; Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited ed. Quarto in white vellum lettered in gilt. #500/ 1500 numbered copies signed by illustrator Edmund Dulac. 64 pp. with tastefully erotic color illustratiuons by Dulac. Fien, bright example in lightly edge-toned slipcase.

Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Condition: Very Good Condition. Later quarter red morocco over marbled boards, old stamps to titles, scattered foxing and minor paper flaws but a nice clean set overall. With Latin and French titles, a portrait, and 16 engraved plates. Printed in Latin with the French translation en face and additional commentary in French. lxviii, (2), 468; viii, 484pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 045238.

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