Nov 09, 2010 - Sale 2229

Sale 2229 - Lot 51

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
LES CENT NOUVELLES NOUVELLES. [24], 397, [1]; [32], 389 pages, but with some preliminaries and text leaves from first volume bound in second and vice versa. Etched additional title and 100 half-page illustrations after Romeyn de Hooghe. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, early 19th-century red straight-grain morocco gilt by Bozerian the Younger, spines slightly darkened, cover corners bumped, stain on Volume 1 front cover; small stain on Volume 1 title, occasional light toning. Bookplate of William G. Habershon. Cologne [i. e., Amsterdam]: Pierre Gaillard, 1701

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Collection of amorous tales in the manner of Boccaccio's Decameron first published in 1486. Gay-Lemonnyer I, 519.