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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Boccaccio, Giovanni

The Corbaccio, 1569

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€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 461

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Information

Paris, for Federigo Morello, 1569. In 8th. Marginal blooms, coeval rigid parchment binding, red spray cuts, gold frames on the plates and handwritten title on the spine.

Specialist Notes

Rare Parisian edition of Corbaccio, edited by Jacopo Corbinelli, supplemented by annotations taken from ancient codices. The author imagines he has a dream vision, in which he gets lost in a valley with a sinister and hostile aspect: "This place is variously called; and everyone calls it well: some call it 'the labyrinth of love', others' the enchanted valley ', and very much' the sty of Venus', and many 'the valley of' sighs and misery '. "