"TRICKS OF LOVE"

ANONYMOUS -

Les ruses d'amour pour rendre les favoris contens.

A Ville Franche, Joli Le Franc, 1681.

12mo. In contemporary full calf with richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, a few holes to front board, showing the wooden board. Corners bumped. Internally nice and clean. (10), 514 pp. + frontispiece.


Uncommon first edition of this work containing 31 gallant or facetious tales and stories, also referred to as ‘tricks of love. These short stories was most likely inspired by Boccaccio.
The anonymous author announced a sequel which never appeared.

Not in Barbier.

Order-nr.: 60868


DKK 8.500,00