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Boccaccio, Giovanni. La genealogia de gli dei de gentili. Con la spositione de sensi allegorici delle favole, et con la dichiaratione dell’historie appartenenti a detta materia. Tradotta per M. Gioseppe Betussi da Bassano.

With woodcut printer’s device. (8), 263 leaves. Small 4to. Contemp. vellum. – Venetia, Giovan. Antonio Bertano, 1574.

Probably the fifth Italian edition of Boccacio’s genealogy of the pagan gods and his interpretation of antique mythology, one of the first documents of Humanism. Italian translation by Giuseppe Betussi (1512–1573). – Cf. Adams B 2175–76; Brunet I, 986. – Title leaf browned and with old onwer’s inscription. Last two quires browned affected by a heavier brown spot on upper margin. Last leaf with reinforced outer margin. Good in all. – Best.-Nr. 19997