(Books & Works on Paper including Autographs & Memorabilia, 31st March 2020) Boccaccio (Giovanni) Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decameron...Ricorretto in Roma, et emendato 6secondo l'ordine del sacro Conc. di Trento..., woodcut printer’s device to title, large historiated initials and ornaments, portraits vignette, including the author, minor spotting and staining in a few places, contemporary 18th century calf, boards tooled in blind, spine gilt with morocco label, a little rubbed, [Adams, B 2156; BM STC It., p. 110; Brunet, I, 1001; Gamba, 180], 4to, Giunti, Florence, 1573. *** First censored edition of the well-known work by Boccaccio licensed by the Inquisition. It was published under the leadership of the Prior Vincenzo Borghini and a team of clerical scholars in Florence (Sebastiano Antinori, Agnolo Guicciardini and Antonio Benivieni, among the others).
(Books & Works on Paper including Autographs & Memorabilia, 31st March 2020) Boccaccio (Giovanni) Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decameron...Ricorretto in Roma, et emendato 6secondo l'ordine del sacro Conc. di Trento..., woodcut printer’s device to title, large historiated initials and ornaments, portraits vignette, including the author, minor spotting and staining in a few places, contemporary 18th century calf, boards tooled in blind, spine gilt with morocco label, a little rubbed, [Adams, B 2156; BM STC It., p. 110; Brunet, I, 1001; Gamba, 180], 4to, Giunti, Florence, 1573. *** First censored edition of the well-known work by Boccaccio licensed by the Inquisition. It was published under the leadership of the Prior Vincenzo Borghini and a team of clerical scholars in Florence (Sebastiano Antinori, Agnolo Guicciardini and Antonio Benivieni, among the others).
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