FRANCO Pietro Maria Agrippina.
Venice, Aurelio Pincio, 1533 4to: large woodcut on title-page. 19th(?) century green morocco, large central lozenge composed of entrelac tools with a central oval onlay of red morocco with gilt 'Venetian' leaf. Inscription on title-page and some stains in first 8ff. still discernible after careful washing. Only edition of this long poem on a theme drawn from the Charlemagne cycle dealing with the exploits of the Paladins. Written in ottave rime there are twelve cantos. The title woodcut is striking: measuring 147 x 118mm. it shows a mounted female warrior accompanied by a standard-bearer entering a city. A group of onlookers is headed by a young prince.Ferrario, Bibliografia de'Romanzi, etc. p.221; Brunet, II, 1376 - 'fort rare'; Sander 2914.
£4000
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