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Apuleius, L. The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1897, one of 210 copies on paper, 6 wood-engraved illustrations by Ricketts, order form loosely inserted, [Ransom Vale 13]; Apuleius, L. De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus, 1901, one of 310 copies, wood-engraved border and 5 illustrations by Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 33], old description laid-down to front fixed endpaper--Bible. Ecclesiastes; or, The Preacher, and The Song of Solomon, [1902], one of 300 copies on paper, [Ransom Vale 38], remnant of description laid-down to front free endpaper; Bible. The Parables from The Gospels, 1903, one of 300 copies on paper, 10 wood-engraved illustrations by Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 40]; all 8vo or 4to, original bindings, all but the third in collector's boxes, some browning, occasional spotting (4)

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