Apuleius Madaurensis Platonicus Serio Castigatus
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. |