[Rarebooks] FS: Uncommon ed. of Straparola's fairy tales. Venice: 1580

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Straparola, Giovanni Francesco. LE XIII. PIACEVOLI NOTTI... Divise in Due Libri. Novamente Ristampate & con Somma Diligenza Reviste, & Corrette. Venice: No pub. 1580. Sm. 8vo. ff.321,(7). Cont. vellum, soiled. Hand lettered spine, cords partly showing, but still very sound. Small vellum repair at head of spine. Early leaves with minor red pencil notation. Rare.    $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
First published in 1550, this is an uncommon edition of Straparola's fairy tales, which was put on the "Index" of the Catholic Church in 1590. Two of Straparola's stories have been proposed as sources for Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor."

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