Title: Il Decamerone de M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nvovamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni Place: [Venice] Publisher: [Pasinello] Date: [1729] Description: [8], 284 leaves. Woodcut printer's device on title and verso of final leaf. (4to) 9¼x6½, 19th century calf, marbled endpapers. The famous 18th century facsimile of the 1527 edition published in Florence "per le Heredi di Philippo di Giunta". Limited to 300 copies, the facsimile is distinguished from the original by the renumbering of leaves 42, 101 and 108, which were incorrect in the earlier printing. Ownership signature of Middleton to title-page. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers scuffed, extremities worn, front cover detached, rear joint cracked; foxing to early leaves including title, dampstain to lower corner of latter leaves, else very good, contents clean and fresh overall. Item number: 201617
Title: Il Decamerone de M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nvovamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni Place: [Venice] Publisher: [Pasinello] Date: [1729] Description: [8], 284 leaves. Woodcut printer's device on title and verso of final leaf. (4to) 9¼x6½, 19th century calf, marbled endpapers. The famous 18th century facsimile of the 1527 edition published in Florence "per le Heredi di Philippo di Giunta". Limited to 300 copies, the facsimile is distinguished from the original by the renumbering of leaves 42, 101 and 108, which were incorrect in the earlier printing. Ownership signature of Middleton to title-page. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers scuffed, extremities worn, front cover detached, rear joint cracked; foxing to early leaves including title, dampstain to lower corner of latter leaves, else very good, contents clean and fresh overall. Item number: 201617
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