Nov 08, 2011 - Sale 2260

Sale 2260 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ASHENDENE PRESS.) Lucius Apuleius. The XI. Bookes of the Golden Asse containing the Metamorphosie interlaced with Sundry Pleasant and Delectable Tales . . . Translated out of Latine into English by William Adlington. Printed in red and black. 11 initials hand-colored in blue by Graily Hewitt. Large 4to, original linen-backed green patterned boards with printed paper spine label (a bit browned and chipped), edges slightly rubbed, two small, light dots of yellow paint on rear cover; slipcase. one of 165 unnumbered copies (Chelsea, 1924)