[Rarebooks] FS: From the Latin

[Nina W. Matheson]

For consideration today:

Apuleius.   Cupid and Psyches, the excellent narration of their marriage 
translated into English by William Adlington out of the Latin Bookes of the 
Golden Asse by Apuleius / 1556.  [London] Newly printed and published in 
Soho by the Nonesuch Press, 1923. Original quarter red paper and decorated 
paper boards. Fine in rubbed publisher's box with repaired joints. One of 
625 numbered copies. The borders were designed by Geofroy Tory circa 1524. 
As used in the book they are "enlarged a little". Not paginated.  $75

De Bury, Richard.   Philobiblon. Edited from the best manuscripts and 
translated into English with an introduction and notes by Andrew Fleming 
West.  New York, Printed for The Grolier Club, 1889. Original full vellum 
with a gold seal on the front cover. Very fine in publisher's boxes (lower 
edge of the box for v. 3 strengthened). 3 v. Grolier Club 1884-1984, item 
87. V. 1: the Latin version. V. 2. the English version. V. 3: Introductory 
matter and notes. Printed by the De Vinne Press. One of 300 copies.  $300

Theobaldus, Episcopus.   Physiologus de naturis duodecim animalium. The 
Latin text. An English translation by Willis Barnstone, with woodcuts and 
lithographs by Rudy Pozzatti.  Bloomington, Indiana University Press 
[c1964]. Unbound signatures in original oversize 15" x 22" folding box, as 
issued. Large printed label on the front cover of the box. Box lightly 
marked, contents fine. One of 325 numbered copies signed by Poz zatti. The 
woodcuts were pulled at Il Torcoliere in Rome. The book was designed by 
George Sadek. The text was hand set and printed with woodcuts from the 
original blocks by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press. Included in the 
Grolier Club exhibit, American illustrated books 1945-1965.  $300

Virgil.   Georgics of Virgil. Translated from the Latin into English by J. 
W. Mackail, fellow Balliol College, Oxford.  [Cambridge, Massachusetts] The 
Riverside Press [1904]. Original quarter vellum and decorated paper boards. 
Book label of bookdealer Philip C. Duschnes on the rear pastedown. Corners 
rubbed, residue from a removed book-plate on the front pastedown, otherwise 
near fine. [110] pp. One of 330 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers. 
Warde / Bruce Rogers, Designer of Books 50. The title-page is reproduced in 
Stanley Morison's Four centuries of fine printing.  $125

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