Het eerste deel van de tragische oft klachlijcke historien/ inde welcke begrepen zijn zeer jammerlijcke feyten [trsl. from the French by] Merten Everaerts.
Estimation :
400 / 600
Adjudication :
750 €
Description
1. Extremely rare Pt. 1 (of 2), complete in itself, of the 1st Dutch trsl. of the Renaissance stories by M. Bandello (1485-1561), after the French version of Boaistuau and Belleforest. The 3rd story “Van twee gelieven, vande welcke d’eene sterf van verghift, ende d’ander van droefheyt”, was the source of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” (1st 1597). Title within border of type ornaments. Gothic type. Ref. Pettegree NB 3096. Clemens (Ital. boeken) 21a. Not in BT, TB, Adams, BL, BnF. 2. 1st Dutch trsl. of a popular Greek novel. Ill. with 20 sm. woodcuts (portraits) by S. de Bray in text, and 2 on the titlepage. Large woodcut mark at the end. Title within ruled border. Gothic type. Collector’s ticket B[ob] L[uza]. Ref. Geerebaert XXXVIII.1. Buisman 803. STCN (2).
