The Golden Ass ADLINGTON William (active 1566). SAMPSON George 1873-1958 - editor Publisher: George Bell and Sons Publish Year: 1904 Publish Place: Chiswick Press : Charles Whittingham and Co. Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London Illustrator: BRUCKMAN WL Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 008375 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £475 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information An edition limited to 220 copies only, in half green morocco over blue cloth. Spine, with gilt titles, raised bands, blind tooling. Internally, limitation leaf, half title, tissue guarded frontispiece by WL Bruckman, illustrated title page in red & black, [2], 226 pp, [1] press device, numerous woodcut initial letters, many headings in red, top edge cut remainder not, light edge browning, armorial bookplate to fpd (Godfrey Stafford Bostock), original title label tipped to rep, half title states The Chiswick library of noble writers The Golden Ass of Apuleius. (345*215 mm). A reproduction of the text of the first edition 'Imprinted at London in Fleet Streate at the signe of the Oliphante by Henry Wykes, Anno 1566.'
