BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.

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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
Libro delle donne illustri, tradotto per messer Giuseppe Betussi. Con una additione fatta dal medesimo delle donne famose... con la vita del Boccaccio, & la tavola di tutte l'historia. Venice, Pietro de Nicolini da Sabbio, 1547. In-8 (156 x 103 mm) de 16 ff.n.ch. (of which the last two are white), 216 ff.ch.; brown morocco, richly decorated flats with a wide gilt interlacing decoration, central medallion with title and author's name respectively, spine ribbed and cold-tooled, gilt edges with decorated top and bottom cups (contemporary Venetian binding). Second edition in Italian of the translation by Giuseppe Betussi. Beautiful copy, preserved in a Venetian binding with a decoration reminiscent of those made for the Cardinal of Granvelle. Slightly rubbed jaws. Adams, B-2143.
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