1573 IL DECAMERON BY GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO ANTIQUE 16TH CENTURY

1573 IL DECAMERON BY GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO ANTIQUE 16TH CENTURY

Il Decameron.

Ricorretto in Roma, and emendato secondo l'ordine del Sacro Conc(ilio) di Trento.

Nuovamente stampato.

Florence, Giunta; 1573

Size 6 by 8 3/4"

With woodcut title vignette and numerous figurative woodcut initials.

16 lvs, 580 pp. (partially incorrect pagination), 1 leaf

Bound with:

Annotationi et discorsi sopra alcuni luoghi del Decameron. Sopra la corretione di esso Boccaccio, stampato the year MDLXXIII.

Florence, Giunta; 1574

With woodcut title vignette. and 1 woodcut double portrait.

20 lvs, 142 pages, 8 lvs.

-Adams, B 2156. Brunet I, 1001. - Giunta edition called "Edizione dei deputati".

Print variant with the lily on the title page

- Although the text of this edition purified in accordance with the decisions of the Council of Trent (the clergymen involved in salacious situations were quickly transformed into lay people), this edition enjoys a good reputation due to the care that was taken with the text. -

Full marbled leather ruled in gilt with gilt corner design

Some marginal dampstains

Armorial bookplate of Lord Battersea.

Text in Italian

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