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Boccaccio, Giovanni

The Decameron by M. Gio. Boccaccio, taken from the excellent text written by Fran.co d'Amaretto Mannelli based on the Author's original., 1761

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Information

[Lucca, Giusti-Cambiagi], 1761. In 4°. Portrait of the author on the frontispiece and image of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, Giglio dei Giunta in fine, genealogical tree of the Mannelli family and facsimile of the manuscript, copy on large paper 266 x 205 mm., browning, contemporary calfskin binding spotted, 5-nerved spine with gold decorated compartments, title and author on red and green tiles, blue cuts, damage and losses to the caps. 

Specialist Notes

Bacchi della Lega, 51-52: "This famous edition, edited by Guadagni and Bandini, was executed in Lucca with the presses of Jacopo Giusti, and believed to be on behalf of the printer Cambiagi of Florence...". Gamba, 187: "Most esteemed edition...". Choix II, 2898.

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