Dec 06, 2001 - Sale 1917

Sale 1917 - Lot 67

Unsold
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
[BUONI, TOMASSO.] La Fameuse Compagnie de la Lésine, ou Alesne. C'est à dire, La Manière d'espargner, acquérir & conserver. Volume 1 (of 2). [20], 374 leaves. 12mo, contemporary limp vellum with remnants of thong ties; marginal worming in middle of volume generally not impairing legibility, blank upper outer corners gnawed towards end.<\t>Paris: Rolet Boutonné, 1618

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French version of an Italian work about an fictitious thrift organization. Lacks the second volume (Le Contre-Lésine) published the same year. Barbier II, 428; Kress/Italian 62 (1580 edition in Italian).<