An early edition of both volumes of Straparola’s Facetious nights, first published in 1550–53.

‘The copyright that Straparola held, and that would remain valid until 8 March 1560, protected his financial rights to a book that proved to be a valuable commodity. Its transfer would have been marked by public record, and somewhere documents may still exist that record the passing of copyright from Straparola, who died before it expired, to Comin da Trino, and in 1558 to Domenico Giglio’ (Bottigheimer, Fairy Godfather, Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition (2002), p. 120).

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