Del Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccaccio. Nuovamente corretto, e con diligenza stampato [...].

In Tuscany, at the expense of G. Ghiara, 1770

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Lot description

5 vol., 8vo: front.-[4]-xix-[1 bl.]-256, [2]-viii-237, [2]-vii-[1 bl.]-160, [2]-225, [2]-216 pp.; 13 pl. (foxing, sm. damp stains on half title and portrait of vol. I and marg. in the begin. of vol. V, occ. marg. soiling, marg. tear repaired in p. 141 of vol. II).

Contemp. vellum, blind decorated covers with central lozenge tool and roll-stamp, gilt orn. flat spines, blue spr. edges (sl. rubbed, sm. defects).

Illustrated with the portrait of Boccaccio in frontispiece of vol. I and 13 copper-engr. plates.
Ref. Not in Cohen nor Gamba (other ed.).
Prov. Ms. entry.