Cupid and Psyches; the excellent narration of their marriage, translated into English by William Adlington out of the latine bookes of the "Golden Asse", 1566
London: Fortune Press, 1927. Hardcover. Unpaginated, #154/700 copies printed on handmade paper, rubricated decorative borders by Geofroy Tory, orange buckram cloth boards in a floral-pattern dj with a small piece of tape at the head of the spine.
Publisher Caton so slavishly imitated the Nonesuch Press typography that the threat of a lawsuit forced him to surrender the run of this book to Nonesuch.
Cat.No: 26618
Price: $395.00
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