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rif. 312091London: Privately Printed for Members of the English Bibliophilists nd. #20 of 100 copies. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Half green morocco faded to brown. Very Good. #20 of 100 copies. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Privately Printed for Members of the English Bibliophilists unknown books
1761rif. 8766NP: NP 1761. Hardcover. fair. Large 8vo. xxxvi 374 pp. Half leather over brown marbled boards. This 1761 edition is a facsimile of the 1527 edition. It is written according to the definitive text by Francesco D'Amaretto Mannelli taken from Boccaccio's original. With several steelplate engravings including a frontispiece of Boccaccio. Also includes a facsimile page from the 1527 edition at front. Some pages with light foxing. Many pages with discoloration but text still legible. Wear to binding at edges and to spine. Head tail and edges of spine rubbed and frayed. Light worming to spine but not affecting pages. In overall fair condition. NP hardcover books
1926rif. 285980London: Printed for the Navarre Society 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition. Privately printed for the Navarre Society: lix 1 356 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Near fine in three quarter red morocco over cloth boards gold tooling at the edges with the spine in six gold tooled panels top edge gilt and with red marbled endpapers. There is some rubbing and darkening to the back board corners are gently bumped. The endpapers and text pages are clean and tight. A very nice edition. Printed for the Navarre Society hardcover books
1929rif. 59205London: The Mandrake Press 1929. No. 29 of 550 copies. Decorated in colour by M. Leone. 161 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Pale green flexible boards gilt design on upper board a.e.g. Spine and edges faded else Fine. No. 29 of 550 copies. Decorated in colour by M. Leone. 161 pp. 1 vols. 4to. The Mandrake Press unknown books
1778rif. 6056Londra but Paris: Gian Claudio Molini 1778. Very Good. iv 160 pages and engraved title page after Marillier. In mottled calf rebacked in the twentieth century with original spine. Gilt triple fillets on both boards; remains of gilt decoration on spine. Gilt turn-ins endleaves marbled in spirals. Gilt edges. Nice edition. Gamba 227 Boccaccio wrote this pastoral tale in the mid 1340s just as he began work on the Decameron where it would not have been out of place. A young shepherd unseen spies a group of naked nymphs bathing at the pool and falls in love with one of them. The plot includes a series of missed opportunities mistaken identities appeals to Venus goddess of love and plenty of nude bathing scenes. The text is based on the edition published in Florence 1568 with corrections. Gian Claudio Molini hardcover books
2007rif. 1416808London UK: Folio Society 2007. Limited Edition #688/1750 copies. Hardcover. Octavo 710 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus clamshell. Bound in publisher's red leather with green and gilt decoration. Clamshell bound in dark green fabric with gilt lettering. Mild bumping to corners of clamshell. Minor scratching to clamshell. Shelved in Case 13. 1416808. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Folio Society hardcover books
1902rif. 186410Chicago: R.F. Seymour 1902. Hardcover. VG heavy wear to boards. Pages are very clean and clear. Brown paper over boards with gilt lettering and illustration on front cover light gray spine; 38 unnumbered pages bw illustrated title page several bw illustrations. "Limited to 240 copies"- Colophon. "A translation by Leigh Hunt from Canto V the Inferno of Dante Alighieri in the triple rhyme of the original ; with the Italian from the edition of G. Barbèra and a literal translation newly made for this edition by Katherine Reed ; together with a commentary from the writings of Leigh Hunt & Boccaccio." R.F. Seymour hardcover books
1820rif. 004515London: Printed by J. F. Dove for R. Priestley and W. Clarke 1820. Full Morocco. Very Good Plus. Extra-illustrated copy with 10 engravings of Stothard in addition to the engraved frontis portrait of Boccaccio. 8vo. 579 pp. Contemporary straight-grained dark brown/burgundy morocco binding with gilt border decoration blindstamped bands etc. Marbled endpapers. Light rubbing along joints. Binding remains very handsome. Clean and tight within. Printed by J. F. Dove, for R. Priestley and W. Clarke unknown books
1940rif. 019470New York: Limited Editions Club 1940. Hardcover. Near Fine lacking the slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Two large octavo 7-1/4" x 10-1/4" volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620 plus two tales there omitted. Copy #452 of only 530 copies one of the scarcest publications of the press illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1804rif. 272422London: J. Wright 1804. hardcover. very good. Translated from the Italian. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and title vignettes. 2 volumes. 8vos full tan calf ornately gilt stamped spines with red and green leather labels gilt stamped dentelles marbled endpapers Head of spine of vol 2 rubbed crazing to front cover of vol 2 and slightly affecting back cover of volume 1. Two red pen lines on verso of the half title page. Some very light foxing confined to a handful of pages. Still a very handsome looking set. London: J. Wright 1804. A very good set. J. Wright unknown books
1900rif. 199045Philadelphia: Printed Only for Subscribers by G. Barrie 1900. Number 56 of 100. Hardcover. Good Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; interiors are clean but occasionally smudged; binding is solid. Flameng Leopold. Red leather boards with gilt illustration and lettering on the spine; fully gilted textblock edges; 2 volumes; 310 309 pp.; richly illustrated with plates. These two books are beautifully bound with gorgeous spine decoration; this set will have great shelf appeal. One of only 100 beautiful copies printed. Printed Only for Subscribers by G. Barrie hardcover books
1886rif. 213898London: Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only 1886. Large paper copy No. 21 of a limited edition 50 copies thus. xii 334; xii 350; xii 354 2 pp. 3 vols. 8vo 8-5/8 x 7-1/8 inches. Bound in full vellum stamped in gilt t.e.g. rest uncut. Spines a bit darkened; Very Good. Large paper copy No. 21 of a limited edition 50 copies thus. xii 334; xii 350; xii 354 2 pp. 3 vols. 8vo 8-5/8 x 7-1/8 inches. The ordinary copies measure 7-5/8 x 5-3/4 inches. Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only unknown books
1900rif. 307467Philadelphia: Printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie 1900. The Bibliophilist's Library. No. 406 of 1000 copies on handmade Holland paper this copy printed for J.W. Church. With etchings by Leopold Flameng in two states. xviii 2 310 2; 2 xii 309 2 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three-quarter crimson morocco spines gilt. Light rubbing to joints fine. The Bibliophilist's Library. No. 406 of 1000 copies on handmade Holland paper this copy printed for J.W. Church. With etchings by Leopold Flameng in two states. xviii 2 310 2; 2 xii 309 2 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie unknown books
1725rif. 164132Londra: Tommaso Edlin 1725. Hardcover. Internally VGand clean one stain to one sheet both covers are off at hinges text block solid and tight. Gilt embossed and leather inlay within leather gilt ruled boards. Five raised bands with extensive gilt tooling within compartments showing wear all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers indicate binding date in 1880s with signed binder Estes and Lauriat Boston.Frontis portrait by L. Auberso. Title-page ten10 sheets including Prefazione then 284 numbered 12 49 pp. ozzervazioni. Bears the etched bookplate of Stephen Whitney dated 1904. Needs the attentions of a binder who will have wonderful material to work with. Well-worththe investment a lovely copy. Tommaso Edlin hardcover books
1915rif. 218503Florence: Fratelli Alinari 1915. First edition thus. Plates by Tito Lessi Printed by Tip. S. Landi Via S. Caterina. 670 pp. 4to. Original printed tan wrappers. Very fine in blue cloth slipcase and chemise. First edition thus. Plates by Tito Lessi Printed by Tip. S. Landi Via S. Caterina. 670 pp. 4to. Fratelli Alinari unknown books
1802rif. 270391Livorno: Tomasso Masi 1802. hardcover. very good. 217 pages Vita di Dante Alighieri in 80 pages Testamento in 8 pages Lettere di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio in 50 pages. Thick 8vo full tree calf ornately gilt spine and covers rubbed at extremities all edges gilt. Livorno: Thomas Masi 1802. Very good . Tomasso Masi unknown books
1629rif. 287278A Paris: Chez Iacqves Langlois au mont sainct Hylaire 1629. Early Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. An early edition of Antoine le Maçon’s French translation of Boccaccio’s Decameron. A classic of Renaissance literature containing 100 tales by numerous narrators set in the time of Florentine’s affliction with the Black Death. Title page vignette; engraved headpieces and initials. Previous owners’ names on the front endpaper. Loss to the bottom of pp. 319/320 not affecting the text. Japanese tissue patches to the spine by a conservator. Incision to the leather binding of the rear cover. General shelfwear and minor soiling to the binding. ‘Bocace’ written in ink on the top edge of the textblock. Full vellum. Very Good. 1060 pp. Very Good binding. Chez Iacqves Langlois, au mont sainct Hylaire unknown books
1801rif. 217864Paris: Chez Oncelein imprimeur-librairie rue da Hurepoix No. 17 1801. Volumes 1-8. 8 vols. 8vo. Bound in Nineteenth Century red french morocco spine gilt marbled boards marbled edges. Very good. Volumes 1-8. 8 vols. 8vo. Translated from the Italian into French by A. Sabatier de Castres 1742-1817. The engravings after Gravelot Boucher Eisen are slightly reduced copies of those in the Paris edition of 1757-61. Cohen-de Ricci 161-162 Chez Oncelein, imprimeur-librairie, rue da Hurepoix, No. 17 unknown books
1765rif. 226188Venice: Tomasso abettinelli 1765. hardcover. very good. E corredato con Note riguardanti al buon indirizzo di chi desidera scrivere con purita e proprieta Toscana a norma dell'uso presente: Si aggiungono col medesimo divisamento la Lettere dell'istesso Autore. Per Alessandro M. Bandiera. 2 volumes thick 12mo contemporary vellum brown leather spine label rubbed. Venezia: Tommaso Bettinelli 1765. Very good . A heavily annotated edition with a collection of Boccaccio's letters a glossary and index. Tomasso abettinelli unknown books
1940rif. 016386New York: Limited Editions Club 1940. Hardcover. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some spotting. Fritz Kredel. Two large octavo 7-1/4" x 10-1/4" volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620 plus two tales there omitted. Illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. One of the scarcest publications of the press with only 530 copies printed. Of that total edition of 530 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed number "476" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1729rif. 28931Florence: Philippo di Giunta 1729. Large 8vo. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 8 284 ff. Contemporary vellum spine lettered direct in gilt The classic masterpiece of early Italian prose. This series of one hundred novellas set against the background of a plague-ridden Florence would have a profound influence on Renaissance literature throughout Europe. Although dated 1527 on the title this edition edited by Stefano Orlandini and printed at the cost of Salvatore Ferrari was in fact printed in Venice in 1729 as a facsimile of the Giunta 1527 edition. It is sometimes referred to as the Consul Smith edition after Joseph Smith 1682-1770 the British consul at Venice and noted book collector who was involved in its production. Adams B 2147; Brunet I 999; Graesse I 440; Gamba 172 Note; Zambrini 87; Cat. Mostra Boccacio Bibl. Laurenziana II 71; Olschki Cat. XCV No.20. Philippo di Giunta unknown books
1952rif. 8592Verona. Editiones Officinae Bodoni. 1952. Bound in half gilt ruled Vellum and paper covered boards. Gilt titles to spine. t.e.g. 4to. 7.5" x 11.5 This Edition has been pinted in Griffo type on the hand-press in 225 numbered copies on hand-made Fabrino paper of which this is number 93. Illustrated with Woodcuts by Bartolommeo Di Giovanni for a lost Quattrocentro Edition which were used to illustrate various later texts and now been reesembled and recut by Fritz Kredel. Very mild usual foxing to fore-edge. Very slight foxing to front and rear pastedowns. A Very Fine crisp copy. Editiones Officinae Bodoni. hardcover books
1761rif. 222141761. 1/4 leather. Very Good. Very impressive 1761 edition with the text carefully re-written and re-deciphered from Boccaccio's original by Franco d'Amaretto Mannelli. Clean solid and VG with the text in its original Italian crisp and eminently readable with very milddarkening at a number of te pages. Lovely engraved portraits of Boccaccio the frontispiece and Franco d'Amaretto Mannelli. Several woodblocks large fold-out plate a genealogical chart of Francesco di Amaretto Mannelli complementing the timeless Renaissance text. Re-bound in a sturdy perfectly presentable 1/4 brown leatherette over veined light-brown boards which show a bit of abrading at the rear panel. Thick quarto 373 pgs. all told. unknown books
1627rif. 177918Venice: Per il Valentini 1627. Hardcover. Poor sewing coming undone foxing and staining of vellum present marks on pastedown endpapers missing otherwise complete. Bound in vellum on board with 3 raised bands. Woodblock capitals and incidental designs. 20 leaves 247 leaves. "Of the geneology of the gods." Binding copy. Fifteen books dealing with "all the gods of the gentiles" along with the life of Giovanni Boccaccio. Per il Valentini hardcover books
1712rif. 574390Amsterdam; Cologne: George Gallet; Jacques Gaillard 1712. Hardcover. Very Good. Mixed two-volume set uniformly bound in near contemporary straight-grained light brown morocco with decorative blind stamping and gold tooled borders on the covers gilt spines also stamped in blind plain dark brown endpapers all edges gilt. Vol. 1 is the first edition printed in Amsterdam by George Gallet in 1697; Vol. 2 is the second edition printed in Cologne by Jacques Gaillard in 1712. 12mos. Both volumes are in French. Vol. 1: 14 title page and avertissement 14 Table 366pp. illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate and in-text engravings preceding each of the novellas 1-44; Vol. 2: 427 12 Tablepp. illustrated with in-text engravings preceding each of the novellas 45-100. Note: The Table in vol. 1 includes a duplicate leaf signed 2. Both title pages are printed in red and black. Each volume has a contemporary engraved armorial bookplate and a later Italian bookseller’s ticket on the front pastedown. The spines and edges of the boards are rubbed and worn else a very good attractive set with Romeyn de Hooghe’s celebrated etchings in fine condition. George Gallet; Jacques Gaillard hardcover books
