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Bocace J(ean, i.e. Giovanni Boccaccio).
Contes. Traduction nouvelle, enrichie de belles gravures. 10 vols.

. Contes. Traduction nouvelle, enrichie de belles gravures. 10 vols.

With engr. main title, 10 engr. frontispieces, and 100 copperplates, all after Gravelot, Eisen, and Boucher by Vidal. Large 8vo. Turquoise 20th-century half cloth with spine label (sign. Féchoz). Uncut. – Londres (i.e. Paris), n. pr. , 1779.

Re-edition of the 1757 edition in five volumes. Translation by Antoine Le Mâcon. – Cf. Cohen/De R. 161; Sander 183. – Best.-Nr. 22306

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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 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.

. 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

CHF 1200.—
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Boccaccio, Giovanni.
Il decamerone. Tomi I–III. 3 vols.

. Il decamerone. Tomi I–III. 3 vols.

3 engr. titles after J. M. Moreau le jeune. XXIV, 490 pp.; 469 pp.; 443 pp. 12mo. Contemp. mottled calf with gilt stamped noble supralibros. Edges gilt. – Londra (i.e. Paris), Marcello Prault, 1768.

Pocket edition of Boccaccio’s „Decamerone“ in a handsome contemporary binding. Copy with armorial supralibros of George Granville Leveson-Gower, first Duke of Sutherland (1758–1833). Vol. I with the life of Boccaccio by Filippo di Matteo Villani. – Engr. bookplate Samuel Ibbetson on inner front boards. – Best.-Nr. 23449

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Boccaccio, Giovanni.
Il Decamerone di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio cittadin Fiorentino. Di nuovo riformato da M. Luigi Groto Cieco d’Adria con permissione de’Superiori. Et con le dichiarationi avertimenti et un vocabulario fatto da M. Girolamo Ruscelli.

. Il Decamerone di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio cittadin Fiorentino. Di nuovo riformato da M. Luigi Groto Cieco d’Adria con permissione de’Superiori. Et con le dichiarationi avertimenti et un vocabulario fatto da M. Girolamo Ruscelli.

With woodcut title vignette,woodcut portrait of Luigi Groto and 10 woodcut illustrations (one for each day). (8), 564, (70) pp. 8vo. Contemp. vellum over 3 raised bands with gilt-tooled spine label. – Venezia, Fabio et Agostino Zoppini, et Onofrio Fari Compagnie, 1588.

First Zoppini edition, reissued 1590. Edited by the blind Italian poet Luigi Groto (1541–1585), who became very famous as a writer and public speaker. He published his own writings and edited texts by Ludovico Ariosto and Giovanni Maria Bonardo. The present „Decamerone“ is preceded by a brief biography of Boccaccio, written by Francesco Sansovino (1512–1586). Girolamo Ruscelli’s (1500–1566) dictionary of all words used by Boccaccio concludes this volume. – Brunet I, 1002. – Vellum worn and rubbed in parts. Back outer hinge partly cracking. Minor foxing in parts. Without the last blank sheet. – Best.-Nr. 26320

CHF 950.—
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Boccaccio, Giovanni di.
Gesammelte Werke. Hrsg. von Max Krell. 5 Bde.

. Gesammelte Werke. Hrsg. von Max Krell. 5 Bde.

Mit gest. Frontispiz in Band I. Zus. ca. 1700 SS. Gr.-8vo. Goldgepr. Orig.-HLdr. mit goldgepr. Rückenschild. – München u. Leipzig, Rösl, 1924.

“Rösl-Klassiker”. Übertragungen ins Deutsche von Karl Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay, Sophie Brentano, Wilhelm Neumann, Malte Overbeck, Karl Witte und August Wilhelm Schlegel. – Best.-Nr. 21154

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Trois contes. Illustrés par le peintre d’Essertine (i.e. Claire Gonin-Vergès) Boccace (Boccaccio, Giovanni di).
Trois contes. Illustrés par le peintre d’Essertine (i.e. Claire Gonin-Vergès).

. Gonin-Vergès, Claire. Trois contes. Illustrés par le peintre d’Essertine (i.e. Claire Gonin-Vergès).

With 22 hand-coloured vignettes and text illus., and with 33 hand-coloured initials, some historiated. 60 pp. Small 4to. Loose quires as issued in wrappers, half cloth sleeve, and slipcase. – Paris, Edition des amis de l’artiste (i.e. Gonin), 1939.

One of 25 copies, signed by the artist. Hand-written text in calligraphy (by Philippe Gonin). Text and illustrations fully lithographed, all illustrations and initials hand-coloured. Claire Gonin-Vergès was the wife of Philippe Gonin. Her pesudonym originates from the village Essertine-sur-Yverdon in the canton de Vaud in Switzerland, where she grew up. The book contains the following tales: „Le Ressuscité“, „La Caspienne ou la nouvelle convertie“, „La jument du compère Pierre“. – Fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 18405

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Contes de Boccace. Illustrées de cinquante-six compositions en couleurs par Mariette Lydis. 3 vols. bound in 2 LYDIS. – Boccaccio, Giovanni.
Contes de Boccace. Illustrées de cinquante-six compositions en couleurs par Mariette Lydis. 3 vols. bound in 2.

. Lydis, Mariette. Contes de Boccace. Illustrées de cinquante-six compositions en couleurs par Mariette Lydis. 3 vols. bound in 2.

With 56 colour etchings on plates. 217, (1) pp.; 198, (1) pp.; 185, (1) pp. Small 4to. Dark blue full morocco with horozontal and vertical gilt fillets over boards and spine. Outer and inner edges with gilt ornamentation. Top edge gilt Orig. printed wrappers bound in. Slipcases. – Paris, Le Vasseur et Cie., 1835.

One of 900 numbered copies on vélin d’Arches à la forme of a total limited edition of 956. In her permissive illustrations Mariette Lydis’ (1887–1970) doesn’t hesitate to show lesbian acts as well as lascivious clergymen. – Engr. bookplates on flyleaves of both volumes. Offsetting of the dark morocco bookmarker to the pages where they were placed. Else clean and fine copy in a decent private binding. – Best.-Nr. 25293

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Riccardi Press. – Boccaccio, Giovanni.
The Story of Griselda being the Tenth Day from the Decameron of Messer Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by J. M. Rigg.

. The Story of Griselda being the Tenth Day from the Decameron of Messer Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by J. M. Rigg.

20 pp. Small 4to. Orig. quarter cloth, plain boards, gilt lettering, top edge gilt. – London, Riccardi Press, 1909.

One of 500 numbered copies on Batchelor hand-made paper. – Name on rather browned front flyleaf, boards browned. – Best.-Nr. 9722

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