Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425
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Sale 2425 - Lot 5

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APULEIUS. Metamorphoseos, sive lusus asini libri XI [and other texts, including Alcinous, Isagogicus liber Platonicae philosophiae in Greek]. 266 [i. e., 264], [28] leaves, including register/colophon leaf at end. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, 162x93 mm, 18th-century mottled calf gilt, spine ends reinforced, joints cracked, cords intact; intermittent marginal foxing, light soiling on title, bookplate removed. (Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, May 1521)
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first aldine edition of the writings of Apuleius, including his Metamorphoses, the sole Roman novel to survive complete, together with the first edition in the original greek of the epitome of Platonic philosophy by Alcinous; second state of the title, with "Tropiensis" in the penultimate line. Renouard, page 91(8); Ahmanson-Murphy 202; Hoffmann I, 109.