Accession number
PML 37781
Creator
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published
[Venetia, Stampado per maistro Zuanne de Trino: chimato [sic] Tacuino, Mar. 6, 1506]
Notes
Translated into Italian by Vicenzo Bagli.
Illustrations: numerous woodcuts, including one on t.p. Most are figures of women, each printed from two blocks, a small head block inset in a larger block showing body and landscape background. A few heads and bodies are repeated in different combinations to provide many "portraits." The large t.p. cut and several others are signed, probably by the woodcutter, with an initial L. Ornamental initials of various styles and sizes.
First ed. in Italian.
Illustrations: numerous woodcuts, including one on t.p. Most are figures of women, each printed from two blocks, a small head block inset in a larger block showing body and landscape background. A few heads and bodies are repeated in different combinations to provide many "portraits." The large t.p. cut and several others are signed, probably by the woodcutter, with an initial L. Ornamental initials of various styles and sizes.
First ed. in Italian.
Description
154 l. illus. 20cm.
Binding
Blue morocco, gilt.
Classification
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