Boccaccio, Il Decamerone, Florence, 1527 [i.e. Venice, 1729], contemporary vellum

Boccaccio, Giovanni. Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccaccio nuovamente corretto et con diligentia stampato. (Florence: heirs of Filippo Giunta, 14 April 1527) [i.e. Venice: Stefano Orlandelli for Salvatore Ferrari, "coi torchi di [Angelo] Pasinello", 1729]

A crisp tall copy of the facsimile edition of the Ventisettana. This copy has numerous extracts from sale catalogues regarding copies of the Decameron pasted to the rear flyleaves.

4to (238 x 166 mm). Italic type, 39 lines plus headline. collation: AA⁸ a-z [et] [con] [rum] A-H⁸ I¹²: 292 leaves (AA8 blank). Woodcut Giunta device on title-page and final verso.

binding: Contemporary Italian vellum (247 x 172 mm), morocco lettering-pieces on spine. (Binding slightly soiled, lettering- pieces rubbed.)

provenance: Abbate Teodoro Maria Franceso Gasparo Correr (1750-1830, founder of the Museo Correr), armorial bookplate — Marion and Rudolf Gottfried, booklabel. acquisition: Purchased from C.A. Stonehill, New Haven, 1991. references: Edit16 24078