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Lot 46

BOCCACCI, Giovanni. Il Decameron. Amsterdam: [Elzevir], 1665.18th-c. binding attributed to Derome. 
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BOCCACCI, Giovanni (1313-1375). Il Decameron. Amsterdam: [Elzevir], 1665.

One volume in 2, 12mo (140 x 76 mm). Title-page printed in red and black with woodcut globe device. 18th-century red morocco, covers with thrice gilt frames, spines in 7 compartments, morocco lettering-pieces gilt in 2, others with central floral devices, all edges gilt, unsigned but attributed to Derome (spine slightly darkened with some wear at ends). Provenance: Early notation and unidentified signature on title-page and on sig. T; penciled notation "Derome binding".

A reprint of the Giunta edition of 1527, the work of several humanists who collated Delfino's 1516 edition against important manuscript copies, including the important Mannelli copy made in 1382, and which superseded all previous editions. Second issue, with the first line of the preface reading "Gl'amatori della lingua Toscana." Brunet I:1002; Willems 1349.

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