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1825 RARE Apuleius Metamorphoses Roman Mythology
1825 RARE Apuleius Metamorphoses Roman Mythology
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1825 RARE Apuleius Metamorphoses Roman Mythology Bizarre Witch MAGIC Delphini



Apuleius’s ‘Metamorphoses’, also known as ‘The Golden Ass,’ is the only ancient Roman novel to exist complete as it was originally written. This work is a collection short tales following Lucius and his curios desire for magic. Apuleius describes interesting and bizarre encounters including sword swallowers, evil witches and bodily dismemberment, notes of mythological gods, daring escapes, and adventure.



This edition is the collected works of Apuleius from the series ‘Scriptores latini in usum Delphini.’



Item number: #6610

Price: $499



APULEIUS



Apuleii Opera omnia ex editione Oudendorpiana cum notis et interpretatione in usum Delphini variis lectionibus notis variorum recensu editionum et codicum et indicibus locupletissimus accurate recensita.



Londini: curante et imprimente A.J. Valpy, 1825.



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Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes (of 7)

Wanting Vol. II, Vol. IV

Provenance: Armorial Emboss

SIGILL W.W. BARONIS GRENVILLE CANCELLARII ACADEMIAE OXONIENSIS

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, PC, PC (Ire), FRS (1759-1834), was a British Pittite Tory and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, though he was a supporter of the British Whig Party for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars.

Grenville served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1810 until his death in 1834.

Language: Latin

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)



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