Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccaccio nuovamente corretto et con diligentia stampato
$900 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
Contemporary vellum, spine lettered direct in gilt The classic masterpiece of early Italian prose. This series of one hundred novellas set against the background of a plague-ridden Florence would have a profound influence on Renaissance literature throughout Europe. Although dated 1527 on the title, this edition, edited by Stefano Orlandini and printed at the cost of Salvatore Ferrari, was in fact printed in Venice in 1729 as a facsimile of the Giunta 1527 edition.
- Binding: Leather
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