Firenze / Florence: Per Il Magheri 1834. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of this collected works 17 volumes in 9 books plus a 10th book the Vita di . Boccacci 1806 labeled vol. 18 on the spine. 10 volumes total. Florence 1827-1834 the Vita Firenze 1806 uniformly bound: half vellum marbled boards leather spine labels in dark and light brown. Books are very good with light soil to vellum spine labels intact but cracked and slightly chipped contents very good and bright unmarked. The Vita has three plates printed in sepia plus a frontispiece portrait. RARE on the market. Per Il Magheri hardcover
Venice: Venice: Bernardino Bindoni 1538. Very good. 8vo 157 x 98 mm. Woodcut printer's device at end. Contemporary Parisian morocco by Wotton's Binder C: interlaced design some open tools painted gray others with pointille tooling central armorial device of Paolo Giordano Orsini with his arms impaling the Medici arms of his future wife motto Isabella and his motto "Pavl Iordan Vrs D. Aragon" spine in six compartments with floral design gilt and gauffered edges sympathetic restorations to spine ends and board edges. ONE OF A VERY SMALL GROUP OF ELABORATE RENAISSANCE BINDINGS EXECUTED IN PARIS FOR PAOLO GIORDANO I ORSINI BY THE THIRD OF WOTTON'S BINDERS "WOTTON BINDER C" AN ESTEEMED CRAFTSMAN WHOSE CLIENTELE INCLUDED MANY IMPORTANT BIBLIOPHILES SUCH AS JEAN GROLIER FRANCOIS I CARDINAL GRANVELLE CHARLES DE LORRAINE MARCUS FUGGER THE "GERMAN GROLIER" AND THOMAS WOTTON THE "ENGLISH GROLIER" AFTER WHOM THE WORKSHOP IS NAMED. <br /> <br /> It is almost certain that Orsini's bindings were made for him during his only known visit to France in 1556 when he was just fifteen. His was a diplomatic engagement accompanying the apostolic legate Cardinal Carafa to secure an alliance with Henri II against the Spanish.<br /> <br /> Only thirty of Orsini's Parisian bindings have so far come to light plus two remboite all bound by Wotton Binder C. The books are all printed before 1555 and with two exceptions are in Italian. The bindings either have a bold architectural strapwork decoration as here perhaps based on contemporary French patterns or a "center-and-corner" design. Concerning the armorial device: Orsini impaled his own arms with those of the Medici despite the fact that his marriage to Isabella de' Medici was not celebrated until 1558! This is the device that figures on our binding and all the other surviving examples. <br /> <br /> Paolo Giordano I Orsini 1541-1585 Duke of Bracciano infamous member of the famous Roman family and one of the most powerful men in Rome was affianced in 1553 to Isabella de'Medici daughter of Grand Duke Cosimo of Tuscany. After they married in 1558 Orsini already immensely wealthy became even richer with grand palaces in Rome Florence and Bracciano. He spent lavishly on paintings sculptures antiquities tapestries and furniture. <br /> <br /> Orsini is suspected of strangling Isabella in 1571 in reprisal for her infidelity apparently in broad daylight and in the presence of named servants. He is also suspected of ordering in 1581 the murder of Francesco Peretti wife of Vittoria Accoramboni with whom Orsini was himself having an affair. Unfortunately for Orsini Peretti was the nephew of the future Pope Sixtus V and soon found himself wanted not only by the Papal police but the Tuscan police. He took refuge in Venice and then in Abano and Salo with his mistress whom he married in 1585. He died in Salo later that year. <br /> <br /> Orsini's bindings are greatly prized but are very rare in private ownership indeed the great bibliophile Michael Wittock was unable to acquire one. In 2005 when the present binding came up for auction at Christie's New York we immediately recognized it as being from the Parisian workshop of Wotton Binder C despite the fact that Christie's described it as being "Italian." Happily we were able to secure it at the sale and it passed into the collection of one of our favorite clients; now after twenty years we are pleased to offer the present binding again. <br /> <br /> Despite the fact that books from Orisini's library almost never come on the open market T. Kimball Brooker was able to secure of them both of which commanded very high prices in the Brookeriana sales : <br /> <br /> 1. Sotheby's New York 10/11/23 lot 13. Bible in Italian. Venice 1547 Macchi no. 22. Est. $30000 - $40000 unsold. Offered again at Sotheby's Paris 12/17/25 lot 45. Sold for EUR 40640.<br /> <br /> 2. Sotheby's London 7/11/2025 lot 1709. Paolo Giovio Vita de Leon X Florence 1549 Macchi no. 24. Sold for GBP 25400 now in the Morgan Library.<br /> <br /> The first penetrating study of Orsini's bindings was made by G.D. Hobson 1931 who correctly assigned them to France not Italy. His work was continued by no less authorities than Tammaro de Marinis 1940 Anthony Hobson French and Italian Collectors 1953 Miriam Foot Henry Davis Gift I pp.152-154 and Appendix V: Bindings by Wotton's Binder III for Other Collectors Federico & Livio Macchi who compiled a list of 24 bindings for which see below. <br /> <br /> Robin Halwas's amazing self-published article on Orsini's bindings is essential reading "Parisian bindings for Paolo Giordano Orsini 1541-1585". Whereas the compilers of the Brookeriana sale catalogues state that only twenty-six such examples are known Halwas shows that there are thirty plus two remboitage. Our binding which had remained untraced after 2005 is listed his no. 9 and he gives a characteristically impressive provenance history and to him we are much obliged:<br /> <br /> 1. Paolo Giordano Orsini duca di Bracciano 1541-1585 armorial supralibros lettered "Pavl Iordan Vrs D. Aragon";<br /> 2. Librairie Damascène Morgand Paris;<br /> 4. Charles Fairfax Murray 1849-1919;<br /> 5. Sotheby's London 17-20 July 1922 lot 132;<br /> 6. Leo S. Olschki Florence;<br /> 7. Christie's New York 15 December 2005 lot 337 binding described as "contemporary Italian morocco";<br /> 8. Purchased by Michael Laird Rare Books<br /> 9. Private Collector USA;<br /> 10. Michael Laird Rare Books. <br /> <br /> THE BINDER: Thomas Wotton 1521-1587 wealthy English squire landowner and sheriff of Kent traveled to Paris with some frequency and there he patronized the leading binders of the day. Indeed on Wotton the posthumous title "the English Grolier" has been bestowed owing to his early adoption of Grolier's "Et Amicorum" formula on the covers of his books. About 140 bindings from Wotton's library have been identified. From the anonymous workshop known as "Wotton Binder C" which was active in the 1540s and 1550s and which was responsible for the present binding from Orsini's library Thomas Wotton commissioned as many as thirty bindings; most recognizable are those that bear the date "1552." <br /> <br /> § Adams B-2170. Macchi Federico & Livio Macchi "Le legature francesi di Paolo Giordano Orsini d'Aragona: Storia di un personaggio e di una legatura" in: Misinta 45 June 2016 pp.143-149 our binding is listed on p.147 as no. 21. Venice: Bernardino Bindoni unknown
New York: The Grolier Club Printed at the Devinne PRess 1900. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Small quarto; in decorative cream and orange vellum binding; 186 pages including the Index; with frontispiece portrait a folding plate of Fiorenza; and a note on the portraits of Dante; housed in a bespoke blue paper-covered slipcase with chemise the chemise with a tan leather title label. ~~A handsome copy of this early production of the Grolier Club. Very Good binding. The Grolier Club | Printed at the Devinne PRess unknown
<p>Giovanni Boccaccio: Stories from the Decameron. Translated by G. H. McWilliam; Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. A Limited Edition. 1977 by The Franklin Library. Genuine leather bound 644 pp.</p> The Franklin Library. hardcover
Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library. NEW Wonderful fancy modern edition of this masterpiece. Fresh tight clean bright strong NOT used copy with place mark ribbon unfurled. Gilt fresh. Gift Worthy. . New. Leather. 1977. The Franklin Library hardcover
Bibliophilist Library 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean no markings wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations. Front hinge is weak. Bibliophilist Library hardcover
London : G Barrie c1900. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Leopold Flameng. An English translation of Boccaccio's Decameron. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD 1906-1973 a noted book collector and diarist. With eleven illustrations from original etchings by French engraver illustrator and painter Leopold Flameng. Translated into English from the original Italian. No date to title page dated from similar English translations which first appeared c1890. Boccaccio was an Italian writer poet and correspondent of Petrach. He was an important Renaissance humanist. His Decameron is a collection of novellas. It is a collection of 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa to escape the Black Death. It is considered a masterpiece of classical early prose. In original red cloth binding with a paper spine label. Externally very smart. Some bumping to the head and tail of spine spine label is discoloured. Rubbing to joints. Internally generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are bright and clean. Good G Barrie hardcover
London: Privately Printed. 2nd printing 1937. 89pp. Original quarter red cloth and red marbled paper covered boards with paper title label to cover. 89pp. GOOD copy binding square and tight edges worn particularly bottom corners bumped and opening spine a little faded with bump light foxing to prelims small ink name to ffep internally nice and clean - stunning Lucchesi linocuts! . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1937. Privately Printed hardcover
London: Privately Printed. 2nd printing 1937. 89pp. Original quarter red cloth and red marbled paper covered boards with paper title label to cover. 89pp. GOOD copy binding square and tight a little worn at edges corners worn particularly the bottom internally excellent - stunning Lucchesi linocuts! . Very Good. Hardcover. 1937. Privately Printed hardcover
London: Privately printed; Mandrake Press 1930. Hardcover. Good. Limited edition selection of stories from the Decameron taken from the anonymous translation of 1741 and revised by Orson in 1896. Illustrated in b/w with linocuts by Edmondo Lucchesi. Limited to c. 1000 copies of which this is number 749. quarter cloth with marbled covered boards 4to. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. <br/> <br/> Privately printed; Mandrake Press hardcover
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