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HABERT, François (1510-1561). L'histoire de Titus, et Gisippus, et autres petiz oeuvres de Beroalde. Paris: Michel Ferzandat and Robert Granion, 1551. 8° (159 x 100mm). Ruled in red. Engraved title device. (Occasional light marginal spotting.) Red morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet, gilt supralibros, gilt spine lettering, turn-ins, and edges (sides slightly darkened). Provenance: J. Renard (engraved bookplate) -- purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1926.
HABERT, François (1510-1561). L'histoire de Titus, et Gisippus, et autres petiz oeuvres de Beroalde. Paris: Michel Ferzandat and Robert Granion, 1551. 8° (159 x 100mm). Ruled in red. Engraved title device. (Occasional light marginal spotting.) Red morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet, gilt supralibros, gilt spine lettering, turn-ins, and edges (sides slightly darkened). Provenance: J. Renard (engraved bookplate) -- purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1926.

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HABERT, François (1510-1561). L'histoire de Titus, et Gisippus, et autres petiz oeuvres de Beroalde. Paris: Michel Ferzandat and Robert Granion, 1551. 8° (159 x 100mm). Ruled in red. Engraved title device. (Occasional light marginal spotting.) Red morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet, gilt supralibros, gilt spine lettering, turn-ins, and edges (sides slightly darkened). Provenance: J. Renard (engraved bookplate) -- purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1926.

FIRST EDITION. Verse adaptations of Beroaldo's Latin translations of two tales from Boccaccio's Decameron, complemented by a selection of original works by Habert. Worldcat locates just two copies at BnF and Harvard. Brunet III, 4.

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