Il Decameron. Ricorretto in Roma, et Emendata Secondo L'ordine del Sacro Conc. de Trento
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Florence: Giunti, 1573. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Later quarter calf, front cover and free endpaper detached, rear board just about detached. Mild dampstain over first 100 pages , scattered foxing and browning but generally quite bright otherwise. Two small worm holes in gutter of final colophon leaf. Two portraits (Boccaccio and an unidentified woman) and lovely historiated initials throughout - a finely printed Giunti edition of Boccaccio's masterpiece. (32), 580, (1)pp. Admas B2156, Brunet I 1002 (note), Pettas (Giunti of Florence) 496.
The first of the famed Council of Trent editions - having been unable to ban a book as widespread and beloved as The Decameron (it was censured in 1564), the council of Trent instead removed all mention of priests, clergy, and the Church from the work, while leaving all the erotic bits that would have been too easily missed. Marketed as a "correction" of earlier supposedly erroneous editions. Provenance: Kimbolton Castle copy with case/shelf ticket inside front cover.
Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 047703.
The first of the famed Council of Trent editions - having been unable to ban a book as widespread and beloved as The Decameron (it was censured in 1564), the council of Trent instead removed all mention of priests, clergy, and the Church from the work, while leaving all the erotic bits that would have been too easily missed. Marketed as a "correction" of earlier supposedly erroneous editions. Provenance: Kimbolton Castle copy with case/shelf ticket inside front cover.
Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 047703.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047703
- Title
- Il Decameron. Ricorretto in Roma, et Emendata Secondo L'ordine del Sacro Conc. de Trento
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- Giunti
- Place of Publication
- Florence
- Date Published
- 1573
- Keywords
- Poetry; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Pazzo Books
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Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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