Live auction - Lot 747
Le Philocope [...] contenant l’histoire de Fleury & Bla[n]chefleur [trsl. from the Italian Adrian Sevin].
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni
€ 800 / 1.200
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Lot description
Paris, M. Gadoulleau, 1575
16mo: [8]-478 [= 476]-[2-2 bl.] ff. (somewhat short, sl. toned, tear in f. 83).
19th-c. gilt blue-green morocco by Malet, gilt central ornament on cover, gilt spine with 3 raised bands, gilt sides, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., marbl. endpapers, cloth marker. Very good copy.
French translation (1st 1542) of "Il Filocolo", a prose novel on the story of Floris and Blancheflour. The ed. was shared by 7 booksellers.
Ref. Ind. Aurel. 120.389. - Pettegree (FB) 6117 (1: BnF). - Balsamo et al. - Traductions de l'italien, p. 135. - Not in Adams, STC French (BL).
Prov. [Georges Petit].
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