APULEIUS, Lucius. The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Pysche , London: David Nutt, 1887. 8°, engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate, illustrations (light spotting to preliminaries), contemporary "fanfare" red morocco gilt by Riviere, the covers with elaborate gilt-dentelle swirls within and outside green and brown calf oval, rectangle and quatrefoil geometric blocks, the spine with raised bands and gilt-dentelled in compartments and lettered in gilt, red watered-silk liners, g.e., bookplate of 'Hermgone', ink 3-line poem dated 'Xmas 1891' on front endpaper. ONE OF 500 COPIES. TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. In Memoriam , London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. 12°, later blue morocco by Ramage, the covers with 4 gilt rose motifs within rectangular field cornered with heart motifs in roll-tooled star border, the spine with raised bands and gilt hearts and stars in compartments, lettered in one panel (extremities very lightly rubbed), beige watered-silk liners, g.e. With a notebook bound in 17th-century red morocco with brass clasps. The first named book in this lot is illustrated in colour on the back cover of this catalogue. (3)
APULEIUS, Lucius. The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Pysche , London: David Nutt, 1887. 8°, engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate, illustrations (light spotting to preliminaries), contemporary "fanfare" red morocco gilt by Riviere, the covers with elaborate gilt-dentelle swirls within and outside green and brown calf oval, rectangle and quatrefoil geometric blocks, the spine with raised bands and gilt-dentelled in compartments and lettered in gilt, red watered-silk liners, g.e., bookplate of 'Hermgone', ink 3-line poem dated 'Xmas 1891' on front endpaper. ONE OF 500 COPIES. TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. In Memoriam , London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. 12°, later blue morocco by Ramage, the covers with 4 gilt rose motifs within rectangular field cornered with heart motifs in roll-tooled star border, the spine with raised bands and gilt hearts and stars in compartments, lettered in one panel (extremities very lightly rubbed), beige watered-silk liners, g.e. With a notebook bound in 17th-century red morocco with brass clasps. The first named book in this lot is illustrated in colour on the back cover of this catalogue. (3)
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