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Les six livres de Mario Equicola d'Alveto [...]. De la nature d'amour, tant humain que divin, et de toutes les différences d'iceluy [...]. Mis en françois par Gabriel Chappuis [...].

EQUICOLA, Mario

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Paris, for J. Houzé, 1589

12mo: [22]-447 ff. (lacking ff. 282-283 & 385-397; sl. browned, upper corner of f. 78 lacking, dampstaining to some corners).

17th-c. overl. vellum, gilt central lozenge-shape ornament on covers, gilt orn. flat spine, ties (rebacked, front joint starting to split, gilt faded).

Rare translation by Gabriel Chappuys (1st Fr. ed.: Paris, 1584) of Equicola's famous work on love, for which he studied various poets. Although composed between 1494 and 1496, it was first published in Italian in Venice 1525. Equicola (ca. 1470-1525) was a Renaissance humanist, bibliophile and a courtier of Isabella d'Este and Federico II Gonzaga. Printer's mark on title.
Ref. Pettegree FB 18319. - Blanc, Bibliogr. italico-française universelle, 1297. - Not in Adams, Bp16, STC French (other ed.).
Prov. Recollects of Virton (ms. ownership entry).

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Les six livres de Mario Equicola d'Alveto [...]. De la nature d'amour, tant humain que divin, et de toutes les différences d'iceluy [...]. Mis en françois par Gabriel Chappuis [...].

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