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Apuleius: The Golden Ass, Being the Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius
by Apuleius, Lucius; Adlington, W. (translator); Gaselee, S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 18mo. LCL No. 44. Full red cloth. xxiv, 608 pp. Front board bowed, light chafing to extremities. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, bumped to top edges with crease to head of front cover . In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011888
- Title
- Apuleius: The Golden Ass, Being the Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius
- Author
- Apuleius, Lucius; Adlington, W. (translator); Gaselee, S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- J. Arthur Hanson, Apuleius, Classics, Loeb Classical Library, the Golden Ass, Latin Novels, Ancient Novels, Cupid and Psyche
- Bookseller catalogs
- Romance; Ancient Rome; Classics;
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Minotavros Books
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