Lot n° 1136

Asinus aureus sive Metamorphosis [comm. Philippus Beroaldus].

Estimation : 2500 / 4000
Adjudication : 2700 €
Description
1st separate ed. of the "Asinus aureus" (The Golden Ass), the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety (including the famous story of Amor and Psyche). Also the 1st ed. of the extensive commentary by the Bolognese humanist Ph. Beroaldus (1453-1505). Copy with the 16-leaf "Tabula vocabulorum et historiarum", "printed later than the body of the book" (BMC). Woodcut mark at the end. Roman type. Capital spaces with guide-letters. Cont. marg. ms. notes throughout.
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