[STRAPAROLA (Giovanni Francesco)]. The Amusing Nights of Straparola, containing several beautiful tales and riddles, told by ten young ladies and a few gentlemen. Translated from Italian into French by Pierre de LARIVEY, a native of Champagne. Amsterdam: Jean-Frederic Bernard, 1725. 3 volumes in-12, sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine (mid-18th-century binding). “This meticulously prepared edition is notable for its sound critical and literary analysis of the sources and imitations of the Italian storyteller’s tales.” (Gay, II, 222.)