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    By Lucius Apuleius, William Adlington, F J Harvey Darton
    London   The Navarre Society Limited
    9.5" by 7" 359pp
    An excellent edition of this colourful tale of magic and mishap by Roman author Apuleius, illustrated with wood engravings by Philip Hagreen and complete with the original dust wrapper.
    By Lucius Apuleius, William Adlington, F J Harvey Darton

    1924 The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius

    London   The Navarre Society Limited
    9.5" by 7" 359pp
    An excellent edition of this colourful tale of magic and mishap by Roman author Apuleius, illustrated with wood engravings by Philip Hagreen and complete with the original dust wrapper.
    £190.00
    : 1kgs / : 782R26
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    Description

    Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    Apuleius' 'Metamorphoses', or 'The Golden Ass', is the only Latin novel to have survived completely, and follows the protagonist Lucius as he has various exciting encounters with magic, his curiosity often to his detriment. It is complete in eleven books, containing all manner of magical anecdotes and occurrences.

    From the translation by William Adlington from the sixteenth century. This was the work's first appearance in English, and was a favourite of Shakespeare's.

    Complete with the original dust wrapper.

    Illustrated with woodcuts throughout by Philip Hagreen.

    A splendid edition of this exciting and unusual ancient novel.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely, with just a touch of wear. Dust wrapper has a little wear to the edges and the spine but is otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

    Near Fine

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