APULEIUS. *The Love of Cupid and Psyche, Mother of Voluptas*. Paris, n.d. [circa 1590]. In-4 booklet, lemon-colored morocco leather, double gilt rule,…

APULEIUS. *The Love of Cupid and Psyche, Mother of Voluptas*. Paris, n.d. [circa 1590]. In-4 booklet, lemon-colored morocco leather, double gilt rule, decorated spine, red and green accents, interior lace (Lortic fils). A very beautiful collection adorned with an architectural title page featuring effigies of Venus and Psyche on a pedestal, along with 32 copperplate engravings by Léonard Gaultier. These prints reproduce woodcuts from Denis Janot’s octavo edition (1546), whose various models

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