![88Richard Brinsley Sheridan's copy.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) La Fiammetta, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, historiated initials and small device above colophon, P7 blank, lacking final blank, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, ?18th century vellum, gilt (dulled) spine in compartments and with double red morocco labels, soiled, [EDIT 16 CNCE 6400], 8vo, Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1594.
*** Sheridan's copy of this novel set in Naples, which tells of Fiammetta's tragic love affair with the Florentine merchant Panfilo.
Provenance: Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751-1816) Anglo-Irish playwright, owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and Whig politician (ink signature to head of title and engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/518508bb-0295-ee11-be38-7c1e5203008f/8f950411-2da0-ee11-be38-000d3ad5b402.webp "88Richard Brinsley Sheridan's copy.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) La Fiammetta, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, historiated initials and small device above colophon, P7 blank, lacking final blank, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, ?18th century vellum, gilt (dulled) spine in compartments and with double red morocco labels, soiled, [EDIT 16 CNCE 6400], 8vo, Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1594.
*** Sheridan's copy of this novel set in Naples, which tells of Fiammetta's tragic love affair with the Florentine merchant Panfilo.
Provenance: Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751-1816) Anglo-Irish playwright, owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and Whig politician (ink signature to head of title and engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).")
Lot 88
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's copy.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) La Fiammetta, Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1594
Hammer Price: £500
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan's copy.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) La Fiammetta, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, historiated initials and small device above colophon, P7 blank, lacking final blank, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, ?18th century vellum, gilt (dulled) spine in compartments and with double red morocco labels, soiled, [EDIT 16 CNCE 6400], 8vo, Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1594.
⁂ Sheridan's copy of this novel set in Naples, which tells of Fiammetta's tragic love affair with the Florentine merchant Panfilo.
Provenance: Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751-1816) Anglo-Irish playwright, owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and Whig politician (ink signature to head of title and engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
Description
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's copy.- Boccaccio (Giovanni) La Fiammetta, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, historiated initials and small device above colophon, P7 blank, lacking final blank, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, ?18th century vellum, gilt (dulled) spine in compartments and with double red morocco labels, soiled, [EDIT 16 CNCE 6400], 8vo, Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1594.
⁂ Sheridan's copy of this novel set in Naples, which tells of Fiammetta's tragic love affair with the Florentine merchant Panfilo.
Provenance: Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751-1816) Anglo-Irish playwright, owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and Whig politician (ink signature to head of title and engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
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