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Lot 6
Apuleius (Lucius), Madaurensis. Metamorphoseos, sive Lusus asini libri XI [and other works], Macclesfield copy, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [May, 1521].
Hammer Price: £850
Description
Apuleius (Lucius), Madaurensis. Metamorphoseos, sive Lusus asini libri XI [and other works], collation: a-z8 A-K8 1-38 44, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, a few wormholes at ends and lower margins, some water-staining (mostly at ends), occasional spotting, 17th century vellum, spine with contemporary ink ms. title and remains of later paper labels, lightly soiled / stained, 8vo (155 x 87mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [May, 1521].
⁂ The Macclesfield copy of the first Aldine edition of Apuleius, which also contains the editio princeps of Alcinous' commentary on Plato. Title in first state with 'Ttropiensis'.
Provenance: 'Nepoti Fr Gillon...' (early ink inscription to lower margin of title); Earls of Macclesfield (engraved armorial bookplate with press mark '116. A. 36' to front pastedown and small blind-stamps to first 3 ff.).
Literature: Adams A1362; Ahmanson-Murphy 202; Renouard, Alde, 91:8; EDIT 16 CNCE 2231.
Description
Apuleius (Lucius), Madaurensis. Metamorphoseos, sive Lusus asini libri XI [and other works], collation: a-z8 A-K8 1-38 44, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, a few wormholes at ends and lower margins, some water-staining (mostly at ends), occasional spotting, 17th century vellum, spine with contemporary ink ms. title and remains of later paper labels, lightly soiled / stained, 8vo (155 x 87mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [May, 1521].
⁂ The Macclesfield copy of the first Aldine edition of Apuleius, which also contains the editio princeps of Alcinous' commentary on Plato. Title in first state with 'Ttropiensis'.
Provenance: 'Nepoti Fr Gillon...' (early ink inscription to lower margin of title); Earls of Macclesfield (engraved armorial bookplate with press mark '116. A. 36' to front pastedown and small blind-stamps to first 3 ff.).
Literature: Adams A1362; Ahmanson-Murphy 202; Renouard, Alde, 91:8; EDIT 16 CNCE 2231.
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