Three parts in one, small folio (11 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 280 x 180 mm). Woodcut headpieces on titles, second (R1r) and third books (2R5r) with separate dated title pages, engraved portrait of the translator, John Florio, by William Hole (A6v), woodcut head-, tailpieces, and decorative initials, with final blank leaf, contemporary annotations throughout in brown ink; some side-notes shaved, some staining throughout, some pages misnumbered (T5v, 2D1v, 2D6r, 2H1rv, 2H6rv), but all present. Late seventeenth century calf, covers with gilt tooled central ornamental cartouche with initials "IW" (James Waite) in blind; rebacked, first title somewhat soiled.
Three parts in one, small folio (11 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 280 x 180 mm). Woodcut headpieces on titles, second (R1r) and third books (2R5r) with separate dated title pages, engraved portrait of the translator, John Florio, by William Hole (A6v), woodcut head-, tailpieces, and decorative initials, with final blank leaf, contemporary annotations throughout in brown ink; some side-notes shaved, some staining throughout, some pages misnumbered (T5v, 2D1v, 2D6r, 2H1rv, 2H6rv), but all present. Late seventeenth century calf, covers with gilt tooled central ornamental cartouche with initials "IW" (James Waite) in blind; rebacked, first title somewhat soiled.
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