L. Apuleii Opera
- First published:
- 15th century
- Language: Latin
- Content type: FictionPrimary source
4 unnumbered leaves, cvi leaves ; 32 cm (folio) Title from title page, the only printing on initial leaf Caption title at beginning of main text (leaf a1 recto), printed in red: L. Apuleii Madaurensis philosophi Platonici Metamorphoseos siue De asino aureo liber primus Edited by Giovanni Andrea Bussi, Bishop of Aleria (see verso of initial leaf, headed: Ioannis Andreae Episcopi Alariensis Epistola) Imprint from colophon, which reads preceding imprint: Lucii Apuleii Platonici Madaurensis philosophi Metamorphoseos liber ac no[n]nulla alia opuscula eiusde[m] necnom epitoma Alcinoi in disciplinarum Platonis desinu[n]t Table of contents on leaf pi4 verso Register at end Derives from Roman edition of Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, 1469 (see BM 15th cent., V, page 495) Spaces with printed guide letters left for initials Signatures: pi⁴ a-t⁶ (t6 blank) Final numbered leaf, cxiii, misnumbered cvi "De mundo" is a Latin version by Apuleius of the work by Pseudo-Aristotle The translation of Asclepius is probably not by Apuleius The Platonis epitome ascribed to Albinus, here erroneously ascribed to Alcinous L. Apuleii Madaurensis philosophi Platonici Metamorphoseos siue De asino aureo liber primus[-undecimus] -- L. Apuleii Floridorum liber primus[-quartus] -- L. Apuleii Madaurensis philosophi Platonici Apologiae, oratio prima[-secunda] -- L. Apulei Madaurensis philosophi Platonici De deo Socratis liber -- L. Apuleii Madaurensis philosophi Platonici, De dogmate Platonis liber -- L. Apuleii Madaurensis philosophi Platonici Cosmographia siue De mundo -- Hermes Trismegistus [Asclepius], L. Apuleii Madaurensis philosophi Platonici in Latin conuerso -- Alcinoi discipliaru[m] Platonis Epitoma id est breuiarium incipit [translated by Petrus Balbus]
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1493-01-01T00:00:00Z | [Venetiis] : Impraesa Venetiis per Philippum Pinzium Ma[n]tuanum | Latin | — | Public digitized item |
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