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Thu, May 30, 2024 01:00PM EDT
Lot 130

ITALIAN 1761 BOCCACCIO IL DECAMERON ANTIQUE

Estimate: $1,540 - $1,750

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Year/Century: 18th century
Language: Italian
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Binding: Leather
Description: BOCCACCIO, G. The Decameron. This is an excellent translation written by F. Amaretto Manelli from the author's original work. (J. Giusti, Lucicca), 1761 (2), xxxvi, 373 pages. Including one etched frontis portrait, one engraved title page, one engraved engineer portrait, one folded genealogy, one plate replicating a Boccaccio codex's incipit, one engraved title-vignette, and the printer's woodcut symbol on pages xxvi and at the conclusion. Dimensions: 8 3/4 by 11 1/2"; original leather; excellent vintage ornamental endpapers; speckled edges; a gilded decorative spine raised in divisions. Some toning and some wear. Written in Italian.

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