Barberino (Andrea da) Guerrino pronominato Meschino. In questo libro se tratta vua [sic] historia breve di Re Carlo imperatore..., double column, Roman type, title with half-page woodcut showing an enthroned Charles the Great surrounded by his Knights, +8v with full-page woodcut of Guerrin Meschino on horseback and opposite a half-page woodcut depicting knights in battle, numerous other small woodcuts throughout text, some repeated, small private library ink stamp to lower corner of title and final f., some light browning, 20th century red crushed morocco, gilt title and date to spine, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, rubbed, g.e., [Not in Adams; cf. Essling 720; Sander 347; Melzi I, p.180], small 4to, [Venice], [Francesco Bindoni & Maffeo Pasini], [14 November 1530]. ⁂ A Rare unrecorded edition of this chivalric romance. It is a reissue of the edition published in 1522 by Alessandro Bindoni, the father of Francesco. The plot centres around Guerrin's search for his lost parents, having been cast out as a baby and sold by pirates. At the end of his adventures Guerrin discovers that he is the son of Milone, Duke of Durazzo, who was himself the son of a Duke of Burgundy, making Guerrino of noble birth.
Barberino (Andrea da) Guerrino pronominato Meschino. In questo libro se tratta vua [sic] historia breve di Re Carlo imperatore..., double column, Roman type, title with half-page woodcut showing an enthroned Charles the Great surrounded by his Knights, +8v with full-page woodcut of Guerrin Meschino on horseback and opposite a half-page woodcut depicting knights in battle, numerous other small woodcuts throughout text, some repeated, small private library ink stamp to lower corner of title and final f., some light browning, 20th century red crushed morocco, gilt title and date to spine, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, rubbed, g.e., [Not in Adams; cf. Essling 720; Sander 347; Melzi I, p.180], small 4to, [Venice], [Francesco Bindoni & Maffeo Pasini], [14 November 1530]. ⁂ A Rare unrecorded edition of this chivalric romance. It is a reissue of the edition published in 1522 by Alessandro Bindoni, the father of Francesco. The plot centres around Guerrin's search for his lost parents, having been cast out as a baby and sold by pirates. At the end of his adventures Guerrin discovers that he is the son of Milone, Duke of Durazzo, who was himself the son of a Duke of Burgundy, making Guerrino of noble birth.
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