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Venice, Italy, 1644. Leather (Vellum). Good. ITALIANO. Contemporary vellum, remains of ties. Internally clean. Pages age tanned, but quite readable. Written in an italic font. Printer's device; head and tail pieces, initials. 9 in. [10], 210 c., 88, 99, [1] p. 4° (26 cm )The 'Rimario' of Udeno Nisieli [pseud. of Benedetto Fioretti] has special t.p. and separate paging. Translated by Giuseppe Betussi. Fifteen parts, followed by "Elucidario Poetico, Per Ordine d'Alphabetto trattato. The last two books of the work, include a defense of poetry. "...a mythography or encyclopedic compilation of the...family relationships of...Ancient Greece and Rome, written in Latin...Boccaccio undertook the project at the request of Hugh IV of Cyprus. The first version was completed in 1360, and [Boccaccio] continually corrected and revised the work until his death in 1374...In his lifetime and for two centuries afterwards it was considered his most important work...It remained the most important mythological manual… Read More

New York: The Baker and Taylor Co, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.32 in., pp. xlvi, 333. Illustrated with frontispiece. Teal cloth-covered boards with elaborate framed black heraldic insignia to cover. Light rubbing to extremities. Bottom front corner nudged. Gilt frames and title to spine. Light spotting to half title. Age-toning to pages. Unmarked interior. NOTE: This version is Abridged, emphasizing story over Icelandic history, the coming of Christianity around the Tenth Century, and an analysis of the literary tradition of Saga, which is more extensively included in other editions. This version might be said to be: "Just the facts" Njal's Saga is an Icelandic saga by an unknown author, written down around 1280. The story describes a spiral of feuds and vengeance, leading eventually to the burning of a farmstead at Bergotha in Iceland, which killed the head of the household, Njal, his wife, and a number of his sons...Another characteristic of the narrative is the presence of… Read More