BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Il Decamerone novissimamente alla sua vera e sana lettione ridotto. Edited by Lodovico Dolce. Venice: Francesco Bindoni & Mapheo Pasini, March 1541.
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Nov 12, 2020
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$600
Sold for $1,188
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Lot Description
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Il Decamerone novissimamente alla sua vera e sana lettione ridotto. Edited by Lodovico Dolce. Venice: Francesco Bindoni & Mapheo Pasini, March 1541.
4to (208 x 150 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut ornament on A8, 3-line initial spaces with guide letters. (F quire misbound, a few minor marginal tears.) Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, edges stained red (wrinkled, lacking ties, some minor soiling). Provenance: a few early marginal annotations; signature on title-page (partially removed).
FIRST EDITION of Dolce's text. VERY RARE: according to online records, only two copies of this edition have appeared on the market at auction in the last 45 years. Not in Adams; BMC (Italy) 110; Graesse I, 450.
Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi
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