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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni - Bocace des nobles malhe

Currency:EUR Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:4,200.00 - 5,000.00 EUR
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni - Bocace des nobles malhe
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni - Bocace des nobles malheureux (...) [trsl. Laurent de Premierfait]. Paris, Nicolas Couteau (for "E.G."?), 30 Dec. 1538, folio, mod. blindstamped calf, spine on 5 raised bands with gilt title, blue edges, [6]-ccxx ff. (somewhat short at top shaving headlines). Very good copy. Cfr. ill. € 4200/5000 Extremely rare issue of the French translation by Laurent de Premierfait, of Boccaccio's "De casibus virorum illustrium". The author is describing a number of "cas et ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes renversez par fortune depuis la création du monde jusques à nostre temps", starting with Adam and Eve being the first "nobles malheureux". A number of woodcut ill. in text. Title printed in red and black within elaborate woodcut border with arms of Cologne and initials "E.G.". Text printed in 2 columns. Ref. Brun p. 137. Index Aureliensis 120.270 (3) ("cet ouvrage a été imprimé pour plusieurs libraires"). STCFrench (Bl London) p. 71 (for J. Petit). BN Paris (2: Couteau and for A. Girault). NUC (for A. Girault).
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