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Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone nouamente stampato con tre nouelle agiunte, double column, Roman letter, title within woodcut ornamental border, near half-page repeated woodcut to start of each day, numerous smaller woodcuts within text, woodcut decorative initials, some lower corners repaired, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, early 20th century red crushed panelled morocco, gilt, by J. Leighton, Brewer Street, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, extremities, rubbed, [Not in Adams; Sander 1067; EDIT CNCE 6264], folio, [Venice], [Bernardino de Viano], [1525].

⁂ An extremely rare edition. EDIT 16 lists only one copy (Lucca). It is based closely on the 1516 edition of Gregorio de' Gregoris and most woodcuts used derive from the 1510 edition of Bartolomeo de Zanni.

Description

Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone nouamente stampato con tre nouelle agiunte, double column, Roman letter, title within woodcut ornamental border, near half-page repeated woodcut to start of each day, numerous smaller woodcuts within text, woodcut decorative initials, some lower corners repaired, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, early 20th century red crushed panelled morocco, gilt, by J. Leighton, Brewer Street, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, extremities, rubbed, [Not in Adams; Sander 1067; EDIT CNCE 6264], folio, [Venice], [Bernardino de Viano], [1525].

⁂ An extremely rare edition. EDIT 16 lists only one copy (Lucca). It is based closely on the 1516 edition of Gregorio de' Gregoris and most woodcuts used derive from the 1510 edition of Bartolomeo de Zanni.

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