Oct 24 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2683 -

Sale 2683 - Lot 53

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Boaistuau, Pierre & Francois de Belle-Forest.
Histoires Tragiques.

Rouen: Adrian de Lavnay, 1603-1604.

Seven 12mo volumes uniformly bound in full red morocco; woodcut printer's marks to title pages; ex libris Lindeboom with penciled name on fly leaf; armorial bookplate inside front board of first volume, 4 7/8 x 3 in. (7)

This particular collection of cautionary tales was adapted from Matteo Bandello's Novelle and translated from Spanish to French. The third story in the collection, De Deux Amants is said to have influenced Shakespeare to write Romeo & Juliet.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
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