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BIONDI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO, Sir. Eromena; or, Love and Revenge. Written originally in the Thoscan Tongue. [14] (of [16]), 195 pages; lacks initial blank. Folio, contemporary calf, recased, portions of spine chipped, endpapers renewed; blank corner off L4, conspicuous ink markings and smudges on pages 96-97, last leaf mounted. London: Richard Badger for Robert Allot, 1632
first edition in english of the first of the author''s 3 novels, "which inaugurated a new phase of chivalric romance" (ODNB). Biondi (1572-1644) was an Italian diplomat who lived for an extended period in England and was knighted by James I. STC 3075.
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