Boccaccio, Amorosa visione, Venice, 1549, contemporary Parisian vellum gilt
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. Amorosa visione di m. Gio Bocc. novamente ridotta in luce, nella quale si contengono cinque triomphi. Triompho di sapientia, di gloria, di ricchezza, di amore, e di fortuna. Venice: Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, 1549
A HANDSOME COPY OF BOCCACC💫IO'S ALLEGORICAL POEM IN A CONTEMPORARY PARISIAN VELLUM BINDING. The poem comprises fifty cantos in tercets in a Dantesque form and structure and was originally composed between 1342 and 1343.
8vo (154 x 98 mm). Italic type, 30 line. collation: A-I8 K7: 79 (only, of 80 leaves, lacking the final blank). Title-page with woodcut device, woodcut device on ꦏverso of final leaf, woodcut initials throughout. (Some spotting.)
binding: Parisian vellum c.1560 (160 x 100 mm) over flexib♌le pasteboards, gilt quatrefoil at outer angles, gilt medallion on sides, spine lettered in gilt, tra🅷ces of fore-edge ties, edges gilt. (Small tear at head of spine.)
provenance: Christie's London, 6 June 2001, lot 111 (part lot). acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. references: USTC 814830; Edit16 CNCE 6317
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