Live auction - Lot 791

Le Philocope [...] contenant l’histoire de Fleury & Bla[n]chefleur [trsl. from the Italian Adrian Sevin].

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

€ 1.500 / 2.500

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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 on 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). - Not in Adams, STC French (BL). Prov. [Georges Petit].

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Lot 791

Le Philocope [...] contenant l’histoire de Fleury & Bla[n]chefleur [trsl. from the Italian Adrian Sevin].

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

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