Author: Giovanni Boccacci; Giovanni Boccaccio
Title: IL Corbaccio
Description: Firenze, Filippo Giunti, 1594. Leather. An uncommon early edition of one of the last works written in Italian by Boaccaccio. An uncommon early edition, published in Florence at the end of the sixteenth century.In the original Italian.'Il Corbaccio', or, 'The Crow', is a satirical novella, in which a man has been rebutted by a widow, and is subsequently visited by the widow's dead husband in his dream, telling him why she is best left alone.By the fourteenth century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, one of the most important authors of the country's history.Published by Filippo Giunti, one of the leading printing firms in Florence in the sixteenth century.Register runs as: *4, A-G8, H-I4. Collated, complete.Bookplate of Luigi Strano to the front paste down, an author of poetry. In a full calf binding. Externally, smart, with light marks to the boards and spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink to the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots, and a small tidemark to the tail of the first few pages. Small patch of worming to the first 2 leaves, with no loss of text. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. The occasional ink underlining to the text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Il Corbaccio the crow boccaccio giovanni boccaccio the crow None
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Title: IL Corbaccio
Description: Firenze, Filippo Giunti, 1594. Leather. An uncommon early edition of one of the last works written in Italian by Boaccaccio. An uncommon early edition, published in Florence at the end of the sixteenth century.In the original Italian.'Il Corbaccio', or, 'The Crow', is a satirical novella, in which a man has been rebutted by a widow, and is subsequently visited by the widow's dead husband in his dream, telling him why she is best left alone.By the fourteenth century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, one of the most important authors of the country's history.Published by Filippo Giunti, one of the leading printing firms in Florence in the sixteenth century.Register runs as: *4, A-G8, H-I4. Collated, complete.Bookplate of Luigi Strano to the front paste down, an author of poetry. In a full calf binding. Externally, smart, with light marks to the boards and spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink to the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots, and a small tidemark to the tail of the first few pages. Small patch of worming to the first 2 leaves, with no loss of text. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. The occasional ink underlining to the text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Il Corbaccio the crow boccaccio giovanni boccaccio the crow None
Price: GBP 795.00 = appr. US$ 1135.25 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 957P37
- Book number: 957P37
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