Small 4to (206 x 150 mm). Title printed in Gothic within architectural woodcut border, text printed double-column in Roman type, woodcut initials. (Slight soiling to title-page, some minor spotting.) 18th-century sheep gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges sprinkled red and blue (foot of spine separating, worn). Provenance: Edward Davenport (armorial bookplate); John S. Eells, Jr. (blindstamp).

Rare Venitian edition of Boccaccio's Filocolo, inspired by the poem Florio e Biancifiore, which dates to ca 1160. The Filocolo is considered to be the first Italian literature written in prose, and was a source for Chaucer's "The Franklin's Tale." RARE: according to online records, only two copies of this edition have appeared on the market at auction; OCLC locates only 8 copies. Essling 2074; STC Italian 111.