Beschreibung
Quarto; size of binding: 7 ½ in. x 10 1/8 in. x 2 ¾ in. (thick), engraved frontispiece with arms, image of ship, bust of Apuleius; printed titlepage with woodcut printer s device, dedication page with woodcut arms: [48]pp., pp. 1-564 + (second part with separate titlepage, dated: 1688): [2]pp., pp. 565-848 + pp. 1-[254] (misnumbered: 256) of indexes. Small engraving of a device (sistrum) at p. 64; typographic illustration (Incongruae/Suppares), at p. 638; engraved, circular illustration of the directions of the winds (Libonotus note), at p. 722. Some pages are misnumbered and have been re-numbered in ink or pencil; some margins show early inked notes in Latin, a few small underlines in text. Bound in full, old sprinkled calf, with five raised bands on the spine, and later red and green leather title labels, gilt-lettered: APULEIUS DELPHINI + PARISIIS 1688., with floral tools in spine compartments, gilt & blindstamped tooling across spine, double-line, blindstamped borders around covers, with blindstamped device in the corners, gilt borders on cover edges; headbands present; all edges are sprinkled red. Former owner's printed book label on the lower front paste-down, remains of light, early ink inscription on this paste-down and on the back one, small inked location mark on back of the engraved frontispiece, with some of this visible on the front. Top-edge of spine shows some leather chipped away, darkening to spine leather, cover edges & corners show rubbing and some wear; some pages show age-related tanning. The interior is generally, a crisp, wide-margined copy. Considered one of the finest of the "Delphine Classics" (ad usum Delphini) that were prepared for the use of Louis de France (1661-1711), the Dauphin, and only son of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa; who was called the Grand Dauphin after his death. With notes by Julianus Floridus (Fleury). The scan shows the spine and part of the front cover. "Une de meilleures editions qui soient dans la collection des Ad usum" [Delphini]. Brunet, Manuel, 1860; Vol. 1, p. 363. Weight: 4 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item. (Latin text with Greek). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-539672049
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: Lucii Apuleii Madaurensis Platonici ...
Verlag: Parisiis, Apud Federicum Leonard, Regis, Serenissimi Delphini, & Cleri Gallicani Typographum, via Jacobaea sub Scuto Veneto. M. DC. LXXXVIII. [1688]. Cum Privilegio Regis. Acheve d imprimer pour la primiere fois le 23 Juin 1688.
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Auflage: 1st Edition
