The golden asse of Lucius Apuleius / translated out of Latin by William Adlington with an introduction by E. B. Osborn and illustrated in colour and black and white by Jean de Bosschère.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Apuleius.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Adlington, William, active 1566, translator.

Boschère, Jean de, 1878-1953.

Osborn, E. B. (Edward Bolland), 1867-1938.

Standardized Title:

Metamorphoses. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Metamorphosis.

Latin literature--Translations into Italian.

Latin literature.

Mythology, Classical, in literature.

Metamorphosis--Fiction--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Fiction.

Publishers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 282 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : John Lane, the Bodley Head Limited, MCMXXIII [1923]

Notes:

Reprinted from the edition of 1639.

"Made and printed in Great Britain. Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd, printers, Bungay, Suffolk."--T.p. verso.

Half-title.

Publisher's advertisements on final 2 leaves.

In publisher's binding

"This edition is strictly limited to 3,000 copies ..."--Verso of half-title.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has spine repairs, with original spine strip bearing title stamped in gilt and gilt illustration of a donkey, mounted to back free-endpaper.

Culture Class Collection copy is no. 830 of 3000.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy is no. 844 of 3000.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy front and back boards held on with tape, front board detached.

OCLC:

16642260