BUSINESS once took me to Thessaly, where my mother's family originated; I have, by the way, the distinction of being descended through her from the famous Plutarch.
An edition of Metamorphoses
(1500)
The XI. bookes of The golden asse
containing the Metamorphosie [sic] of Lucius Apuleius, interlaced with sundry pleasant & delectable tales : with an excellent narrration of the marriage of Cupid & Psyches, set out in the iiij., v., & the vi. bookes
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To the Right Honourable and Mighty Lord, THOMAS EARLE OF SUSSEX, Viscount Fitzwalter, Lord of Egremont and of Burnell, Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, Iustice of the forrests and Chases from Trent Southward; Captain of the Gentleman Pensioners of the House of the QUEENE our Soveraigne Lady.
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Fiction, Classical Mythology, Metamorphosis, Latin fiction, Translations into English, Translations into Italian, Translations into Spanish, Translations into French, Isis (Egyptian deity), Metamorphosis in literature, Latin literature, Translations into Russian, Mythology, Classical, in literature, Translations into German, History and criticism, Medieval and modern Latin literature, French literature, Translations from Latin, Latin American literature, Humor (Fiction), Mythology, Classical, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, Latin language materials, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Greek fiction, Trans. into Eng, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, fantasy, general, Latin literature, translations into english, Criticism and interpretation, Romans, Illustraties, Latijn, Klassieke oudheid, Mythology, classical--fiction, Metamorphosis--fiction, Pa6209.m3 r45 2007, 873/.01, Metamorphosis in fiction, open_syllabus_project, World history, Egypt, fiction, Cupid and Psyche (Tale), Metamorphoses (Apuleius), English language, textbooks for foreign speakers, ApuleiusPeople
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L'Ane d'or ou Les métamorphoses
March 14, 1975, Gallimard
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The golden ass: being the Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius
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The metamorphosis, or golden ass, and philosophical works, of Apuleius [A. on the God of Socrates; A. on the habitude of the doctrines of Plato]
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Edition Notes
Title and chapter headings in green and black; initials in green.
"Printer's note: with the exception of the running heads and some minor alterations, in which the edition of 1566 has been followed, this book is printed from the quarto of 1639. In that quarto, the running heads change directly from 'The Fourth Booke' to 'The Sixth Booke' on our page 116"--p. [252].
"Here end the xi. bookes of the Golden Asse. This edition of 450 copies for sale printed at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, & finished on the xxiii. day of August, mcmxxiij. Compositors: F. Young and A.H. Gibbs. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. Seen through the press by G.S. Taylor."--colophon.
Golden Cockerel Press. Chanticleer, 15
Library has copy number 257.
Bound in 1/2 parchment over boards with an outer covering of marbled paper; sewn onto five vellum supports laced into the boards; worked endbands.
Bookplate of Peter Brogren, Tokyo. According to handwritten note on endsheet, this copy is the binder's copy and the bookplate is his.
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