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The Golden Asse of Lucius Apuleius

1923
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Object Information
  • Title: The Golden Asse of Lucius Apuleius
  • Author: Lucius Madaurensis Apuleius (M'Daourouch, Algeria ca. 124–after 170)
  • Translator: William Adlington (British, active 1566)
  • Author: Introduction by Edward Bolland Osborn (British, 1867–1967)
  • Illustrator: Jean de Bosschère (Belgian, Uccle 1878–1953)
  • Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head (British, 1854–1925)
  • Printer: Richard Clay & Sons , Bungay, Suffolk
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1923
  • Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs and lithographs or process prints
  • Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (25.1 x 16.5 x 3.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.540.28
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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