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Lot 127

Sale 5890 - Books and Manuscripts
Jun 25, 2024 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[Literature] Boccaccio, Giovanni: Group of 12 Works

1. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Ameto over Comedia delle Nimphe Fiorentine Compilata da Messer Giovanni Boccacci… Venice: Nicolo Zopino, 1524. 12mo. ff. 95. Full mottled brown calf, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt; red speckled edge.

2. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Il Corbaccio. Paris: Federigo Morello, 1569. Small 8vo. (xvi), 173, (1) pp. Full contemporary vellum, title in manuscript on spine; all edges trimmed.

3. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Il Decameron. Amsterdam, 1703. 12mo. (xxvi), 811 pp. Full brown calf, stamped in gilt; blue speckled edges; marbled endpapers. 

4. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Il Decameron. (Lucca), 1761. 4to. ff. (xviii), 373. Full 20th century flexible red calf, stamped in gilt. 

5. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Del Decamerone… Tuscany: Giovanni Ghiara, 1770. In five volumes. 8vo. Full contemporary vellum over boards, morocco spine labels, stamped in gilt; marbled edges; paste paper endpapers.

6. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Novelle Ventotto… Padua: Giuseppe Comino, 1769. 8vo. xvi, 226 pp. Full contemporary vellum; all edges untrimmed.

7. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Il Filostrato, Poema. Paris: Presso Franc. Ambr. Didot il Maggiore, 1789. 8vo. viii, 245 pp. Three-quarter contemporary brown calf over paste paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers.

8. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Il Decameron… Venice: Vitarelli, 1813. In five volumes. 16mo. Full contemporary straight grain navy blue morocco, stamped in gilt; all edges gilt. 

9. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Le Rime di Dante Alighieri… Parma: Per Pietro Fiaccadori, 1842. 12mo. (iv), 220 pp. Quarter purple cloth over green marbled-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges trimmed.

10. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Life of Dante. (Cambridge): The Riverside Press, 1904. First and limited edition, #18/265 copies. Translated by Philip Henry Wicksteed. Publisher's quarter vellum over brown paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt.

11. [Boccaccio, Giovanni]. Amorous Fiammetta. London: The Mandrake Press, 1929. First and limited edition, #84/550 copies. Full green vellum, yapp edges, stamped in gilt; all edges gilt.

Lot includes a 16th century edition, lacking title-page and leaves at rear. 

Condition varies, generally good to near-fine. Sold with all faults.

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