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Wednesday 15 June 2022 e Thursday 16 June 2022, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Boccaccio, Giovanni

The Decameron. Again printed, with a collection of all the sentences, in this work of his used by him, 1555

Estimate

€ 350 - 650

Sold

€ 819

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Information

Lyons, Guillaume Rouille, & nbsp; 1555. In 12th. Typographic mark on the title page, portrait of the author within an oval on the back of paper a8,10 woodcut vignettes in the text at the beginning of each day, title page & nbsp; supplito in reproduction, some reassembled papers, some defects, elegant green Moroccan binding with long grain of the eighteenth century, with decorations embossed in gold, red cuts.


Specialist Notes

Elegant edition in Italian printed in Lyon, dedicated to Marguerite de Bourg, the widow of the famous Antoine Bullioud. " Les exemplaires en sont fort recherchés, mais on les trouve difficilement en bon état" , & nbsp; Brunet, I, 1001