The XI. bookes of The golden asse
Subtitle: containing the Metamorphosie [sic] of Lucius Apuleius, interlaced with sundry pleasant & delectable tales : with an excellent narrration of the marriage of Cupid & Psyches, set out in the iiij., v., & the vi. bookes
By: translated out of Latine into English by William Adlington
Contributors: Adlington, William, active 1566, translator; Young, F. (Frank), compositor; Gibbs, A. H. (A. Henry), compositor; Cooper, A. C. (Albert C.), printer; Taylor, G. S., printer; Brogren, Peter Michael, 1932- binder; Apuleius; Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press
Published: 1923
Place of publication: Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Other titles: Golden asse
Notes: Title and chapter headings in green and black; initials in green.

"Printer's note: with the exception of the running heads and some minor alterations, in which the edition of 1566 has been followed, this book is printed from the quarto of 1639. In that quarto, the running heads change directly from 'The Fourth Booke' to 'The Sixth Booke' on our page 116"--p. [252].

"Here end the xi. bookes of the Golden Asse. This edition of 450 copies for sale printed at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, & finished on the xxiii. day of August, mcmxxiij. Compositors: F. Young and A.H. Gibbs. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. Seen through the press by G.S. Taylor."--colophon.

Golden Cockerel Press.  Chanticleer, 15

Library has copy number 257.

Bound in 1/2 parchment over boards with an outer covering of marbled paper; sewn onto five vellum supports laced into the boards; worked endbands.

Bookplate of Peter Brogren, Tokyo. According to handwritten note on endsheet, this copy is the binder's copy and the bookplate is his.