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Sale 6001 - The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Sep 19, 2019 6:00AM ET
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[Early Printing] Boccaccio, Giovanni The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence, and Conversation, Framed In Ten Days... (Decameron)

London: Isaac Jaggard, 1625, 1620. Two volumes bound as one. Second edition in English of Volume I; first edition in English of Volume II. Folio. Title pages with pictorial woodcut borders and numerous in-text woodcut illustrations. Bound in 19th-century three-quarter brick red morocco and marbled boards; variously rubbed; both imprints partially obscured in ink with a note reading "1620", leaves N3 and N4 of Volume I with some repairs to outer margins, title page of Volume I with upper corner torn away, a few other marginal paper faults throughout, not affecting text, and with light scattered toning and soiling, lacking the preliminary and terminal blanks in Volume I, lacking the preliminary blank in Volume II. Ex-library with red ink stamp on Volume I title page. STC 3173, ESTC S107074; STC 3172, ESTC S 1006639.

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