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8°, circa 16 x 10,5 cm., 8 (1 blank) ff., 111 num ff., 1 blank leaf, with printer s device to the title. Italian cardboard binding from the 18th century CNCE 201; Adams A 112; Hoffmann I, 4; Schweiger I, 2. Uncommon and elegant imprint, the only with Ruffinelli who uses the translation by Francesco Angelo Coccio which first came out in 1550. The dedication to the dean of Lucca Silvestro Gigli is also reprinted here. - The erotic novel by Achilles Tatius (Achilleus Tatios, 2nd century, probably from Alexandria) about the adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon was very popular in 16th century Italy. It has many similarities to "Daphnis and Chloe" but was translated sooner and printed more often before 1600. - This is apparently one of the first books of Ruffinelli in Venice (cf. Borsa, Clavis typographorum). - Title with small old repair to the margin (no loss of text), three leaves with little flaw to the paper (only one leaf with very little loss of about three letters), little browning, only few quires with foxing but mostly clean.