Matteo Bandello Bandello, Matteo - La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello Lucca, Busdrago, 1544. 4°. 4 vols. The first three parts, with finely decorated frontispieces, all printed at Lucca in 1544; the fourth part at Lyon appresso Alessandro Marsilii [printed by Pietro Roussino], 1573. This IV part is in 8° format with 18th-century binding in sponged calfskin, polychrome splash cuts. The title-page and the first two papers of Part II with restorations to the upper margin, otherwise STUPENDO EXEMPLARY in an AMATEUR'S BINDING in long grain red morocco with gold decorations to the plates and spine, signed Rudolph Schmid of Berlin; volume IV within box with the same binding.

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