[Chivalric romance. Amadís] Le premier livre d'Amadis de Gaule

mis en Francoys par le Seigneur des Essars Nicolas de Herberay [attributed to Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo]. Paris, Etienne Groulleau, 1548 [colophon last leaf 1547].

Small 8vo, title page with woodcut printer's mark, (8), 191, (1) ff. Title page and the 25 quires loose, no wrapper, numerous capitals in woodcut, 18 woodcut illus. in the text. Lacks f. 16; title page with small stain, ann. in ms. and minor dam. ontbreekt; titelblad met vlekje, aant in hs. en kl. besch. Landmark work of the chivalric romance genre, popular in the 16th century. Originally in Spanish, later translations in German and English, among other languages.