[ANONYMOUS]. 
Milles et amys. Printed for Anthoine Verard, bookseller and merchant residing in Paris […], undated [circa 1509]. Small in-4° (185 x 242 mm), red morocco leather, wide border of gilded fillets and lace decorating the covers, fleur-de-lis and coat of arms in the center, decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges (late 19th-century binding).

Text in two columns of 40 lines. Gothic typeface.
112 folios, signed: a4 & a-s6.
Two large full-page woodcuts (ff. a1 & f.3v) and 49 small ones in the text; ornate initials; printer’s mark at the end of the volume.
COPY IN RED MOROCCO LEATHER WITH THE SEILLIÈRE COAT OF ARMS FROM THE MELLO LIBRARY.
Minor soiling on the title page and a few small foxing spots; last leaf (s6) is gilt.
Seillière Sale, 637; Brunet, III, 1719–1720 (“The most valuable edition of this novel”); Bechtel, M-332 (which lists only 111 ff.).
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[ANONYMOUS]. Milles et amys. Printed for Anthoine Verard, bookseller and merchant residing in Paris […], undated [circa 1509]. Small in-4° (185 x 242 mm), red morocco leather, wide border of gilded fillets and lace decorating the covers, fleur-de-lis and coat of arms in the center, decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges (late 19th-century binding). Text in two columns of 40 lines. Gothic typeface. 112 folios, signed: a4 & a-s6. Two large full-page woodcuts (ff. a1 & f.3v) and 49 small ones in the text; ornate initials; printer’s mark at the end of the volume. COPY IN RED MOROCCO LEATHER WITH THE SEILLIÈRE COAT OF ARMS FROM THE MELLO LIBRARY. Minor soiling on the title page and a few small foxing spots; last leaf (s6) is gilt. Seillière Sale, 637; Brunet, III, 1719–1720 (“The most valuable edition of this novel”); Bechtel, M-332 (which lists only 111 ff.).

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[ANONYMOUS]. Milles et amys. Printed for Anthoine Verard, bookseller and merchant residing in Paris […], undated [circa 1509]. Small in-4° (185 x 242 mm), red morocco leather, wide border of gilded fillets and lace decorating the covers, fleur-de-lis and coat of arms in the center, decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges (late 19th-century binding). Text in two columns of 40 lines. Gothic typeface. 112 folios, signed: a4 & a-s6. Two large full-page woodcuts (ff. a1 & f.3v) and 49 small ones in the text; ornate initials; printer’s mark at the end of the volume. COPY IN RED MOROCCO LEATHER WITH THE SEILLIÈRE COAT OF ARMS FROM THE MELLO LIBRARY. Minor soiling on the title page and a few small foxing spots; last leaf (s6) is gilt. Seillière Sale, 637; Brunet, III, 1719–1720 (“The most valuable edition of this novel”); Bechtel, M-332 (which lists only 111 ff.).
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