Item #288645 LES FACECIEUSES NUICTS DU SEIGNEUR STRAPAROLE. TOME I & II. (TWO VOLUMES). Giovanni Francesco Straparola.
LES FACECIEUSES NUICTS DU SEIGNEUR STRAPAROLE. TOME I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)
LES FACECIEUSES NUICTS DU SEIGNEUR STRAPAROLE. TOME I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)

LES FACECIEUSES NUICTS DU SEIGNEUR STRAPAROLE. TOME I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)

[Paris]: [Guerin], 1726.

Full Leather. A collection of stories, first published in 1550, 1553, being some of the first literary versions of fairy tales printed in Europe. Text in French, translated from the original Italian. Title page in red and black. Armorial bookplate of Charles George Milnes Gaskell, the English lawyer and politician. Few contemporary and booksellers marks on the front flyleaves of Vol. I. Front joint of Vol. I repaired using Japanese tissue. Old calf with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine.

Very Good binding.
Item #288645

Price: $325.00

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