Apuleius - The Story of Cupid and Psyche.

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The Story of Cupid and Psyche. Translated from the Latin of Apuleius, by Charles Stuttaford. Illustrated by Jessie Mothersole. Royal 8vo, 26cm, pp.xvii[1], 83, plates, London: Published by David Nutt, At the Sign of the Phoenix, Long Acre, 1903.
Set in Caslon Old Face and printed in red and black (with decorative ornaments and initials) at the Ballantyne Press on Arnold Unbleached hand-made paper. Four inserted full-page illustrations. Full stiff vellum with yapp edges, titled in red on the upper cover and spine. Slight wear to head of spine. A very good copy .Presentation copy, inscribed "With the translator's compliments" and a couple of MS corrections to the text in the same hand.

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