Lot n° 322
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APULE - RAPHAEL] - Lot 322
APULE - RAPHAEL]
The Fable of Psyche and Love by Raphael. Thirty-two compositions engraved by MARCHAIS and explained by the summary of the episode of the novel of Apuleius. Paris, Morel, 1868.
In folio: 12pp. and 33 line-engraved plates, all mounted on tabs and protected by serpents.
Contemporary red chagrin, title and gilt filleting on spine, spine ends split, gilt filleting on boards, central medallion, double gilt filleting on edges, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges.
The Fable of Psyche or rather "the legend of Psyche" is a long novella embedded in The Golden Ass (or The Metamorphoses) by Apuleius.
In this famous novel, the author recounts the adventures of a certain Lucius who was transformed into a donkey because he wanted to discover the mysteries of magic. Condemned to wander the world, Lucius is confronted with several situations during which he is told various stories that gradually lead him to the "purification" of his being. On his way, he meets an old woman who tells him the myth of Psyche.
Of all the artists who have traced the story of Psyche, Raphael is the one who has treated it in the most graceful and poetic way.
List of the 32 plates: Contains: unnumbered frontispiece : medallions Lucius Apuleius and Raphael Sanzio - 1/ Apuleius changed into a donkey listens to the fable of Psyche - 2/ The people paying divine honours to the beautiful Psyche - 3/ The marriage of Psyche's sisters - 4/ Psyche's father consulting the oracle on the fate of his daughter - 5/ Psyche being taken to a mountain - 6/ Psyche being abducted by Zephir - 7/ Psyche being served in the bath by nymphs - 8/ Psyche being served to a child - 9/ Psyche being taken to a church - 10/ Psyche being taken to a church - 11/ Psyche being taken to a church - 12/ Psyche being taken to a church - 13/ Psyche being taken to a church - 14/ Psyche being taken to a church - 15 12/ The jealousy of Psyche's sisters - 13/ Psyche looks at Love - 14/ Love flees from Psyche - 15/ Psyche tells his sisters about his misfortune - 16/ White bird teaching Venus about Love's illness - 17/ Venus reprimanding Psyche - 18 17/ Venus reprimanding Love - 18/ Venus complains to Jupiter - 19/ Ceres refusing all assistance to Psyche - 20/ Juno sending Psyche away - 21/ Sadness and Pain chastising Psyche - 22/ Venus ordering Psyche to remove piles of grain - 23/ Psyche and the golden wool of the sheep - 24/ Psyche leaves for the Underworld - 25/ Psyche in Caron's boat - 26/ Psyche enters the underworld - 27/ Psyche is in a boat - 28/ Psyche is in a boat - 29/ Psyche is in a boat - 30/ Psyche is in a boat - 31/ Psyche is in a boat 26/ Psyche enters the Underworld - 27/ Proserpine and Psyche and the box of beauty - 28/ Psyche opens the box of beauty in front of Love - 29/ Cupid asking Jupiter for mercy for Psyche - 30/ Venus and Love pleading their case in front of Jupiter - 31/ The gods celebrating the wedding of Psyche and Love - 32/ Cupid and Psyche lying together in the wedding bed.
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