Apuleius Madaurensis Platonicus Serio Castigatus

Madaurensis, Apuleius Lucius (Apuleius)
1628. Apud Ioannem Ianssonium , Amstelodami - Amsterdam

An attractive pocket edition in Latin of Apuleius's works in the style of a small Elzevir book (Dutch printers). The author (125 - 170 AD) was a Numidian prose writer born in Madaura (Algeria) and lived under the Roman Empire, studying in Athens, and travelling widely to Italy, Asia Minor and Egypt. the wrote as a Platonist Philosopher and Rhetorician and this delightful edition includes his famous Apology and Florida (snippets from his speeches). Very rare worldwide.

$425.00

Specifications

Author Madaurensis, Apuleius Lucius (Apuleius)
Publisher Apud Ioannem Ianssonium
Place Published Amstelodami - Amsterdam
Year Published 1628
Date of First Edition
or Edition Notes
Unknown
Size 48mo - Quadragesimo-Octavo (105mm x 55mm)
Chapters Unspecified
Pages 382pp

Condition Report

Cover Hardcover Morocco rebind (19th century) in very good condition with intact gilt edging original boards and gilt title Apuleius original spine.
Overall Original 1628 text in good condition with a very sound spine, beautiful endpapers and with an intact fine blue ribbon bookmark attached. some minor water marking on the bottom spine edge of all pages that are however untorn, firmly attached and totally legible.