Les amours de Psyché et de Cupidon [The Love of Cupid and Psyche] by Apuleius. Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1880 (date on the cover: 1881). French. A copy with a large "Ex Libris" drawing by Leah Goldberg.
French translation of the story Cupid and Psyche from The Golden Ass by Roman author Lucius Apuleius. Accompanied by 32 plates of prints after paintings by Raphael, signed in the plate "C. Normand" (Charles Pierre Joseph Normand?).
Re-bound, with new endpapers (original cover laid down). Ink drawing by poet Leah Goldberg on front endpaper – on the right, a woman is seen (Goldberg herself?) holding a sign reading "Lea Goldberg". On the upper part of the illustration appears the inscription "Ex Libris".
[37] pp + 32 plates, approx. 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains, an open tear and pieces of paper glued to margins of endpaper with Goldberg's drawing (not affecting drawing). Small tears to edges of leaves. Large open tears to original back cover. Inked stamps to back endpaper.
This edition of the book is not listed in OCLC.
Provenance: The Tuvya Ruebner Collection.