The new metamorphosis: or, Pleasant transformation of the Golden ass of Lucius Apuleius of Medaura. Also the Golden spy: or, Magical wonders perform'd by gold in the courts of Europe, in love and politicks, by its power on the favourite ladies in all ages. In twenty-five novels. Altered and improved to the modern times and manners; exposing the secret follies and vices of maids, wives and widows; nuns, Fryars and Jesuits; statesmen, and courtiers, &c. Written in Italian by Carlo Monte Socio, fellow of the Academy of the Humoristi in Rome, and translated from the Vatican manuscripts. To which is prefix'd, the Life of Lucius Apuleius. In two volumes. Adorn'd with new cuts

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  • The new metamorphosis: or, Pleasant transformation of the Golden ass of Lucius Apuleius of Medaura. Also the Golden spy: or, Magical wonders perform'd by gold in the courts of Europe, in love and politicks, by its power on the favourite ladies in all ages. In twenty-five novels. Altered and improved to the modern times and manners; exposing the secret follies and vices of maids, wives and widows; nuns, Fryars and Jesuits; statesmen, and courtiers, &c. Written in Italian by Carlo Monte Socio, fellow of the Academy of the Humoristi in Rome, and translated from the Vatican manuscripts. To which is prefix'd, the Life of Lucius Apuleius. In two volumes. Adorn'd with new cuts
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Imprint
London : printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724.
Added name
Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724. Golden spy.; Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724. Life of Apuleius.; Apuleius. Metamorphoses.; Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, engraver.; Briscoe, Samuel, active 1691-1727, bookseller.
Publication year
1724
ESTC No.
T126087
Grub Street ID
176123
Description
2 v., plates ; 12°.
Note
In fact, an original work by Charles Gildon

Title pages in red and black

With plates by W. Hogarth

Carlo Monte Socio is a pseudonym

Misprinted page number in vol. 2: 199 instead of 217

Pagination. Volume 1: [38], 336 pages, [4] leaves of plates; volume 2: [4], 360 pages, [7] leaves of plates

Signatures: A]6] A]1]2] a]6(-a6) B-G]1]2] ; [A]]2(-[A]1) B-Q]1]2.