Straparola da Caravaggio, Giovanni Francesco. Now First Translated by W. G. Waters. Choicely Illustrated by Jules Garnier and E.R. Hughes

Facetious Nights of Straparola, The, in Four Volumes

London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles, 1989. Limited edition. Cloth. Aquarelle Edition, limited to 100 copies, of which this is #2. Gilt-lettered dark green pebbled cloth over boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, hand-colored plates. All four volumes have slightly cocked spines, with wear and light chipping at head and heel, hinges tender; Volume I has tear at head of spine with backstrip beginning to lift, and front hinge cracked. Gilt and plates remarkably bright and crisp, and interiors of all volumes clean and unmarked, with pages darkened a bit. Very Good. Item #14326

Price: $825.00