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Thursday 09 March 2023 e Friday 10 March 2023, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Boccaccio, Giovanni

Of the Decameron by Messer Giovanni Boccacci, 1761

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€ 100 - 200

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€ 103

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Information

Amsterdam, 1761 [Venice, Antonio Locatelli, 1761]. In 8th. 2 vols. Chalcographic title pages, chalcographic portrait of Boccaccio on the frontispiece of vol. I, binding in blond calfskin with decorations on the spine, front cover detached from the first volume, slightly loosened that of the second volume. John Cator's noble ex libris on the front cover.

Specialist Notes

Work I: Elegant edition of the Decameron, from the library of John Cator (1728 – 26 February 1806), a wealthy English timber merchant. For the real place of publication and the name of the printer see. Parenti, M. False printing places, pp. 22-23.