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MASSA, NICCOLÒ. Il Libro del Mal Francese. [16], 320 pages. 8vo, 144x113 mm, old drab wrappers, missing small portions of backstrip; light marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, opening leaves slightly gnawed along fore edge, title lightly soiled and spotted, catalogue cutting mounted inside rear wrapper. Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1566
first edition in italian; second state of the title, reset with date changed from 1565 to 1566. Massa's book on venereal disease was first published in Latin in 1527. Garrison-Morton 2365 (original edition); Durling 2996 (this edition).
