The toilet of Psyche or Venus. Colour stipple engraving by W.W. Ryland, 1767, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

Cupid and Psyche . A mythological tale, from the Golden ass of Apuleius.

Cupid and Psyche  a mythological tale, from the Golden ass of Apuleius.

Eros & Psyche. A poem in twelve measures / by Robert Bridges ; the story done into English from the Latin of Apuleius.

1 print : stipple engraving in sanguine, with etching ; image29.6 x 41.8 cm

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Cupid and Psyche . A mythological tale, from the Golden ass of Apuleius.

Cupid and Psyche a mythological tale, from the Golden ass of Apuleius.

Eros & Psyche. A poem in twelve measures / by Robert Bridges ; the story done into English from the Latin of Apuleius.

The toilet of Psyche or Venus. Colour stipple engraving by W.W. Ryland, 1767, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.