APULEIUS, LUCIUS. The XI. Bookes of the Golden Asse: Containing the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius, interlaced with sundry pleasant and delectable tales: With an excellent narration of the marriage of Cupid and Psyches...Translated out of Latine, into English by William Adlington. London: Printed by Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorn, 1639. Small 4to, old sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked to style and with corners renewed, a few running headlines cut a bit close, a little light browning and dampstaining. Fifth edition, preliminaries in roman letter, text in black letter, woodcut initials. STC 721. A very good copy; scarce.

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APULEIUS, LUCIUS. The XI. Bookes of the Golden Asse: Containing the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius, interlaced with sundry pleasant and delectable tales: With an excellent narration of the marriage of Cupid and Psyches...Translated out of Latine, into English by William Adlington. London: Printed by Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorn, 1639. Small 4to, old sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked to style and with corners renewed, a few running headlines cut a bit close, a little light browning and dampstaining. Fifth edition, preliminaries in roman letter, text in black letter, woodcut initials. STC 721. A very good copy; scarce.

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The only classical Latin novel which survives entire, and one of the masterpieces of world literature, it was first translated into english by William Adlington in 1566. Adlington's translation (of which there were four 16th century editions) continues to be used, even down to the Loeb Classical Library.

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