Lot no. 30
Live
Estimate: €40 - €60
[Savoie] [RAT (Louys)]. Faithful account of the living tortoise, taken from the knee of a musician and burgher of Annessy in Savoy. Par les merveilleux secrets d'un Seigneur Sicilien nommé Dom Antonio Fardella de Calvello Gentil-homme de la ville de Trapano en Sicile, habitant aujourd'huy dans le même lieu. Paris, Adolphe Lainé, 1869. One volume in-8, half cloth, leather title-piece, (12) ff. 22 pp. Head joint damaged, corners slightly dulled.
Small reprint on very thick laid paper of a story first published in Chambéry in 1686. A woodcut outside the text, the copy has large margins.
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