The Golden Ass. Translated by William Adlington, MDLXVI.

  • SIGNED
  • New York: Chiswick Press; Privately Printed for the Scott-Thaw Company, 1904
By Apuleius, Lucius.
New York: Chiswick Press; Privately Printed for the Scott-Thaw Company, 1904. #110 of 220 copies, signed by the publisher.. Very Good. Folio (36 cm); 359 pages. Woodcut architectural title page and portrait frontispiece by Dutch artist W[illem] L[eendert] Bruckman (1866-1928). Woodcut initials; title and headings printed in red throughout. Printed on substantial laid paper manufactured by hand in the mills of Arnold & Foster and bearing the Chiswick Press watermark. Bound in original brick-red boards, with restored tan buckram spine; original paper title labels printed in red (the publisher included an "extra" title label folded into each copy of the book, and the "extra" label was applied to the restored spine). Title label on upper board dusty. Cloth a bit worn along edges and at corners. Some very slight toning near upper margin and along edges of text block. Numbered and signed "Scott-Thaw" on justification page.

Details

Title

The Golden Ass. Translated by William Adlington, MDLXVI.

Author

Apuleius, Lucius.

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Chiswick Press; Privately Printed for the Scott-Thaw Company: New York

Date

1904

Edition

#110 of 220 copies, signed by the publisher.


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