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

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Boccaccio, Giovanni

Ameto, 1529

Estimate

€ 200 - 400

Sold

€ 256

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

To the colophon, & nbsp; & nbsp; Florence, for heirs Filippo Giunta, 1529. In 8. °. Card with title, italic font, & nbsp; an ornate drop cap, handwritten notes of an ancient hand on the guard sheet, some stains and redness, binding & nbsp; original in parchment, handwritten titles on the spine.



Specialist Notes

Rare Giuntina edition & nbsp; which includes seven tales told by seven nymphs (each with its own symbolic meaning) who, through love, soften the rough shepherd Ameto. Gamba 201. "The Giunti typographers of Florence" (Annals 1497-1570, vol. I), p. 136.