The marriage of Cupid and Psyche / re-told by Walter Pater from "The golden ass" of Lucius Apuleius ; illustrated by Edmund Dulac.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pater, Walter, 1839-1894, author.

Contributor:

Dulac, Edmund, 1882-1953, illustrator.

Apuleius.

Rand-McNally Press, printer, binder.

Glatfelter Mill, papermaker.

Heritage Press, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Trajanus.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Manufacture:

Nashville, TN : Rand-McNally Press

Place of Publication:

Norwalk, Conn. : Heritage Press, ©1996.

Notes:

"The story as first set down by Lucius Apuleius in his 'Transformations' which is called 'The golden ass' and then re-told by Walter Pater in the pages of his novel, 'Marius the Epicurean'"--Page [1].

"The special contents of this edition are copyright 1951, 1979 and ©1996 by The Heritage Press (MBI, Inc), Norwalk, Connecticut"--verso of title page.

Trajanus type used in this book. Composed by hand. Printing (and binding) at Rand McNally Press in Nashville, Tennessee. Paper from Glatfelter Mill in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania -- from the Heritage Club brochure 'Sandglass'.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has Heritage Club brochure 'Sandglass' laid in.

Related Work:

Apuleius. Psyche et Cupido. English

OCLC:

44565505