FILELFO, Francesco (1398-1481). Epistole, Paris: Denis Roce, 1501. 4° in 8s (200 x 133mm.). Title printed in red, woodcut device on title and another on last page. (A few wormholes at beginning and end, tapering to one in the middle, with slight loss of text). Contemporary French (probably Parisian) blindstamped calf over wooden boards. (Rather worn, lacks clasps, calf from bottom panel of spine and top fore-corner of upper cover missing). Provenance: several contemporary marginalia and an index in the same hand on front pastedown.

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FILELFO, Francesco (1398-1481). Epistole, Paris: Denis Roce, 1501. 4° in 8s (200 x 133mm.). Title printed in red, woodcut device on title and another on last page. (A few wormholes at beginning and end, tapering to one in the middle, with slight loss of text). Contemporary French (probably Parisian) blindstamped calf over wooden boards. (Rather worn, lacks clasps, calf from bottom panel of spine and top fore-corner of upper cover missing). Provenance: several contemporary marginalia and an index in the same hand on front pastedown.

A rare edition of Filelfo's letters. Not in BMC, Adams or Brunet

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