LA CELESTINE ILLUSTREE - Lot 71

LA CELESTINE ILLUSTREE [ROJAS (Fernando de)]. CELESTINA. Tragicomedia de Calisto et Melibea nuovamente tradotta de lingua Castigliana in italiano idioma. Dapoi ogni altra impressione novissimamente corretta, distinta, ordinata & in piu commoda forma ridotta, Adornata di tutte le sue figure a ogni atto corrispondenti lequal cose nelle altre impressione non si truova. s. l. (Venice ?), Giovann'antonio e Pietro de Nicolini de Sabio, 1541. One volume in-12 (112 ff), full spotted tan calf, ornate smooth spine, triple fillet on covers, gilt edges (18th-century binding), snag on upper headband worn, jaws rubbed. Foulché-Delbosc, 104: Beautiful edition illustrated with a woodcut on the title and sixteen vignettes in the text. The figures are identical to those in the Spanish edition of July 10, 1534. Brunet I, 1723, cites a 1541 edition with no further details! Palau, 51194, refers to this edition but makes an error concerning pagination (119 ff instead of 112 ff), cf. Peeters-Fontainas sale 1978, 101.