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INTRAS DE BAZAS (Jean)

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INTRAS DE BAZAS (Jean)

The Duel of Tithamante. Gascon history. Orleans, Pierre Vernoy, 1603. In-12, red morocco, triple gold fillet, ornate spine, inside lace, gold edges on marbling (Trautz-Bauzonnet).
First edition, of the greatest rarity, of this novel narrating the tragic loves of Tithamante and Atalanta, the eldest daughter of
Eucharia.

It is dedicated to the Sorry of the Sorry, Madame de Lerm, Anne de Calonges, who had lost her late husband, her Tithamante

, in a duel.

Only one copy of this edition is listed in the public collections, apparently located at the BnF (Arsenal

).

Beautiful copy in an elegant trautz-bauzonnet binding. It comes from the library of Count Octave de Béhague (II, 1880, n°538

).

Engraved ex-libris Robert de Billy.