The Golden Ass of Apuleius by Apuleius; Adlington, William - 1946

Great Britain: The Abbey Library, 1932. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. de Bosschere, Jean. No publisher date. No jacket. Pages toned. xxxv, 282 pp. Translated out of Latin by William Adlington. Introduction by E.B. Osborn. Color and black-and-white illustrations by Jean De Bosschere. The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is Lucius. At the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself. The plot revolves around the protagonist's curiosity (curiositas) and insatiable desire to see and practice magic. While trying to perform a spell to transform into a bird, he is accidentally transformed into an ass. This leads to a long journey, literal and metaphorical, filled with inset tales. He finally finds salvation through the intervention of the goddess Isis, whose cult he joins.

The Navarre Society Limited. No copyright date stated. Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior has some areas of foxing and toning. There is some slight warpage to the boards. No dust jacket. Edited, with an introduction by F. J. Harvey Darton. Fantastic B&W illustrations by Philip Hagreen. Lovely design with two color title page. 359 pp. Myth/Tales.

Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, 1924., 1924. Hardback. The cloth binding has faded, there is a little light wear, it remains sound. There is some edge foxing throughout with the endpapers more extensively affected.

Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Limited. Good+. N.D.. Hardcover. Pages browned. Smartly rebound in 1/2 leather spine with marbled boards and endpapers. With raised bands to spine and gilt lettering and tooling. A few stains to spine (water-staining? ). Gift plate to R. E. Fantham (née Crosthwaite) on ffep for the T. H. Green Prize 1952. Some leather flecking off joints of spine but still very presentable. Else VG. ; No date (perhaps 1920s - 1940s? ). ; 359 pages .

Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, 1924.. Very Good. 1924. Hardcover. hardback, large 8vo, 359pp, illustrations and decorations by Philip Hagreen, owner's bookplate, clean and sound, blue cloth, gilt decorations and titles, spine faded, otherwise otherwise Very Good / no dustwrapper. .

Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Limited. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. Pages tanned. Upper edges gilt. Spine a bit slanted. DJ has browning, chipping and tears. ; 359 pages .

NY: Hogarth Press, (1924). Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in cloth with dark green buckram spine with gold lettering on the spine, no DJ, deckled edges. 359 pages, 6 full page plates and chapter head drawings by Philip Hagreen. Uncommon edition. Clean, bright copy. Record # 383351

Good with tight binding. Inscribed J F Bell to FEP. Light foxing throughout. Cover marked and sunned.

London: The Navarre Society Limited, 1924. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 7". Philip Hagreen. 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. 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. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely,… Read More

London, England: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Ltd.. As New. 1924. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine, clean & unmarked, tight to spine - 359 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- .