Apuleius, Lucius. Opera. Tomus alter philosophica ejus opera et Florida, reliquaque fragmenta continuens, cum indice omnium vocum. 24 Bl., 848, 256 S. With engraved frontispiece, woodcut head vignette and woodcut printer brand. 24,5 x 18 cm. Leather d. C. (strongly rubbed, capitals unsightly crushed) with gold-embossed title and ornamental gold plating. Paris, Federicus Leonhard, 1688. Schweiger 10. – Part II of the two-volume Parisian edition, which contains the philosophical writings of Apuleius, published and comprehensively commented by Julianus Floridus. "Belongs to the better editions in usum Delphini" (silence). In addition to an introductory biography, it contains his famous main work, the novel Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) with the famous narrative of Amor and Psyche, the writing on magic entitled Apologia, then the three philosophical writings De habitudine doctrinarum Platoni's Philosophi, De deo Socratis and De mundo, and in the appendix, which was handed down under the title Florida Blossom harvest, a selection from his speeches. – A bit flaky and tanned, title and frontispiece solved in the lower bow. Broad-range quart pressure.