Metamorphoses. Italian, Apvlegio volgare, Apulegio volgare, Apulegio, and Apvlegio
Description:
BEIN 2011 1469: Unidentified ownership stamp on title page. Book label of Renzo Bonfiglioli. Stamp: A. Lauria, Paris. Buckram wrappers with gilt lettering on spine. Author and title wriiten in ink on bottom edge. Few scattered corrections (pencil) and chapter divisions (ink) in later hand(s)., Signatures: A-N⁸ (N8 blank)., Imprint from colophon., Translation of Apuleius' Asinus aureus or Metamorphoses., Title within ornamental border; 32 woodcut illustrations throughout ; printer's device(?) on p. [206]., and Sander 487 records "tradocto" instead of "tradotto" in title.
Publisher:
Per io Nicolo Daristotele da Ferrara, & Vincenzo de Polo da Venetia mio co[m]pagno regna[n]te lo inclito principe Leonardo Lauredano
Engraved throughout., Mounted., and Versified by Jean Maugin and illustrated by Léonard Gaultier. Reprint of the 1586 edition, with the date on title page and last plate omitted.