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(FAIRY TALE.) Florine ou La Belle Italienne. Nouveau Conte de Fées. viii, 232 pages. 12mo, contemporary green-dyed vellum with morocco lettering piece, covers slightly warped, joints partly cracked; light dampstain in lower outer corner of opening leaves, title soiled, with repairs in blank gutter. Paris: Alexis de la Roche, 1713
first edition of a moralistic fairy tale set in an enchanted pre-Roman Italy, including an allegorical key to the characters. Smith, page 22; OCLC locates multiple copies in Europe, none in North America.
