BRANTÔME (Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de) - [FILIBERTI (Georges Guido)]. Vies des Dames Galantes. Paris, Nice, 1951. - Manuscript in-4, 328 x 251 : (7 ff.), 115 pp, (3 ff. last blank). In leaves, folder and slipcase. A unique and unpublished copy, entirely composed, calligraphed and illustrated in 1951 by the Italian-born painter and draughtsman Georges Guido Filiberti (1881-1970). The artist transcribed the first part of Brantôme's Discours des Vies des Dames galantes, embellishing it with over a hundred Indian ink drawings in the text and 15 full-page ink and watercolour compositions. Each leaf is protected by plastic film. A few defects to the cover and slipcase, otherwise a very well preserved copy. Some foxing on the edge of some plastic protectors.