D'ARRAS, Jean (15th century?). Die Historie oder Geschichte von der Edeln und schönen Melusina. [Augsburg: H. Steiner], 1538. 4° (170 x 132mm). Woodcut title and 68 woodcuts. (Title cleanly torn, title and 9 other leaves with repairs to margins causing loss, top edge browned.) 19th-century vellum gilt, morocco labels on spine (lightly bowed, corners lightly bumped).

D'ARRAS, Jean (15th century?). Die Historie oder Geschichte von der Edeln und schönen Melusina. [Augsburg: H. Steiner], 1538. 4° (170 x 132mm). Woodcut title and 68 woodcuts. (Title cleanly torn, title and 9 other leaves with repairs to margins causing loss, top edge browned.) 19th-century vellum gilt, morocco labels on spine (lightly bowed, corners lightly bumped).

RARE second edition, with fine woodcuts describing the legends and adventures of Melusina, the main subject of the history. Only 4 copies are recorded in Worldcat: Berlin, Munich, Augsburg and London. The first edition was published in Strasbourg in 1516. Melusina, is a figure of European legends and she is depicted here on the title-page as a woman with two fishtails. VD-16 M-4470.