BOCCACE Jean (Giovanni Boccaccio)Livre Rare Book
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192519491Avec les illustrations en couleurs d'Alfred Le Petit. Exemplaire (N°356) sur vélin de cuve.A Paris, chez René Kieffer - 1925 - 170 pages.Belle reliure plein veau blond de l'époque signée Kieffer. Plats et dos illustrés à froid. Tête dorée sur témoins, non rogné. Couverture illustrée et dos conservés. Pas de rousseur. Bel exemplaire bien relié. Parfait état. Format in-4°(25x17).Giovanni Boccaccio (en français Jean Boccace, mais le plus souvent simplement Boccacio ou Boccace) (1313-1375) est un écrivain florentin.Son oeuvre en toscan, notamment son recueil de nouvelles le Décaméron, qui eut un énorme succès, le fait considérer comme l'un des créateurs de la littérature italienne en prose.
1925002689Paris 1925 René Kieffer Soft cover
192512048Paris: Rene Kieffer. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1925. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Full dark bluish green leather dec in black on both boards and spine gilt lettering spine three raised bands. Mild rubbing and edgewear. Marbled eps mainly in dark bluish gray and green. Page top edges gilt. Solid binding and clean text French language. Copy 133 of 500. Requires a signature at delivery non-negotiable. ; Hand-colored illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 170 pages . Rene Kieffer hardcover
1929854F39London: The Mandrake Press 1929 . Hardback. Very Good. 12" by 9". M. Leone. A signed presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel signed by both the editor and publisher. Limited to five-hundred and fifty copies with this copy being out of series.A lovely copy of Boccaccio's novel about a Neapolitan noblewoman's passion for a Florentine merchant a work categorised as the first 'psychological novel' in Western literature due to its first person narration.Illustrated with thirty colour plates and decorations by M. Leone. Collated complete.A signed presentation copy of this work with the inscription 'to Jodie Carp from The Mandrake Press P. R. Stephensen London 1929' to the front free endpaper.Stephensen founded the publisher of this work the Mandrake Press in the year that this work was published. Stephensen was a political activist and also co-founded the fascist Australia First movement.With the further inscription of K. H. Josling the editor of this work also to the front pastedown.With the illustrated bookplate of K. W. C. Down to the front pastedown.A delightfully illustrated work. In the publisher's original dyed paper vellum binding with yapp edges. Fading to back strip and board perimeters with discolouration to fore edge and tail of front board. Bookplate to front pastedown inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good The Mandrake Press hardcover
195525566Milano: A la Chance du Bibliophile 1955. In-4 gr. 2 volumi elegante legatura in p. pelle editoriale dorso a cordoni con titolo oro tagli superiori dorati in astuccio moderno pp. 601; 541; con 101 tavole a colori nel testo. Pregevole edizione per le celebri illustrazioni del pittore Boccasile 1901-52. In ottimo stato. A la Chance du Bibliophile, unknown
197582273Il Baccelliere 1975. Ottimo Fine. Opera pubblicata nel VI centenario della morte di Boccaccio. Testo critico di Vittore Branca. Prefazione di Ferruccio Olivi. Il volume è"; illustrato con opere riprodotte in <strong>fotolitografia</strong> in 42 tavole a piena pagina di L. <strong>Vespignani F. Clerici R. Brindisi A. Sassu M. Campigli M. Maccari G. Omiccioli A. Salvadori C. Mattioli G. Migneco U. Attardi M. Mazzacurati A. Ziveri D. Bartoli F. Pirandello R. Guttuso G. Zigaina Q. Martini G. Manzù C. Levi</strong> ed molti altri. Capilettera disegnati appositamente da Domenico Purificato. Ai piatti di ciascun volume incastonata una lastra in argento incisa e firmata realizzata da Emilio Greco e Giacomo Manzù". Folio cm 50x36. pp. XII-341 16. Ottimo Fine. Edizione di 500 21 esemplari ad personam. Il Baccelliere, unknown
190141616<p><strong>1901 Ltd Ed The DECAMERON Giovanni BOCCACCIO Human Comedy Black Death English 2v</strong></p><p>"<em>The Decameron</em>" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a classic of Italian literature composed of 100 stories narrated by ten people—seven women and three men—who seek refuge in a villa outside Florence to escape the Black Death. The tales which vary from erotic to tragic witty to instructive offer a vivid portrayal of 14th-century life and underscore the human experience with humor and wisdom. Boccaccio's work written in the Florentine vernacular is celebrated for its dynamic and realistic dialogue. Boccaccio is revered as a pioneering humanist and for his contributions to the promotion and interpretation of Dante's works earning him a place among the "Three Crowns" of Italian literature.</p><p><strong>This limited edition is hand-numbered #109 of 1000. </strong>Translated into English prose and verse by John Payne this two-volume set also includes 20 exquisite full-page illustrations.</p><p>Item number: #41616</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>BOCCACCIO Giovanni; PAYNE John</p><p><strong><em>The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci Il Boccaccio. Now First Completely Done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne with Twenty Full Page Illustrations.</em></strong></p><p>London: Privately Printed for Members of the Aldus Society MCMI. Limited Edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete; 2 volumes</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. I – xii 310</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. II – 4 vii 1 311-617 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->20 full-page engraved plates</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~8in X 5.75in 20cm x 14cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>41616</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Privately Printed for Members of the Aldus Society hardcover
192129631<p>The Decameron one of the most important literary works of the Italian Renaissance was written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the 14th century and translated into English by J.M. Rigg in this striking de luxe edition privately printed in London circa 1921. This edition is limited to 1000 copies and presented across two large quarto volumes. Boccaccio's frame narrative set during the Black Death features ten young Florentines recounting tales of love wit and survival capturing a vivid cross-section of medieval society. This English rendering is noted for its elegance and historical faithfulness and this particular printing includes full-page engravings that illustrate and punctuate the text. A cornerstone of early humanist literature The Decameron remains a pivotal cultural artifact bridging medieval narrative with modern sensibilities. Good. Text blocks are secure with minor pulling boards show wear and staining with notable loss to hinges. Hardcover volumes remain structurally intact and internally complete. Format: Quarto 4to two volume set. Collation: Vol I 332 pp; Vol II 404 pp. Illustrations: Full-page engravings throughout. Edition: Limited "de luxe" edition privately printed c. 1921. References: #29631. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Privately Printed hardcover
1916H39369New Castle PA: C. B. Randall 1916. Hardcover. Fair. Letter "T" of 26 lettered copies. Translated and illustrated by Josef Pierre Nuyttens. 4 of 5 volumes lacking the last volume folio 15.25 x 11.25 inches bound in full brown pigskin with watered silk endpapers and printed on very thick handmade paper. The first volume is in fair condition at best with front board detached and much rubbing and wear including a long jagged scar to cover. The other volumes are in very good condition with light wear to edges and joints contents very good: a few of the plates have some faint rusty foxing to margins. Illustrated with 7 fine pen drawings hand colored by Nuyttens and the publisher C. B. Randall has illustrated the volukmes with several smaller vignettes in ink watercolor and gouache and occasional hand-colored and illuminated letters all initialed C. B. R. It will be clear to anyone that Randall is without much talent skill or sense of draughtsmanship but he sure liked to make fancy books. He is also noted for publishing a lavish edition of the works of James Whitcomb Riley. Nuyttens 1885-1960 was a Belgian-American artist now mostly known for his illustrations for four non-Oz novels by L. Frank Baum. He died in a house fire that destroyed a good deal of his art. C. B. Randall hardcover
1952AQ24646Verona: Editiones Officinae Bodoni 1952. Limited edition of 225 copies on hand-made Fabriano paper of which this is copy number 160. xi 1 127pp 3. With 23 woodcuts and a facsimile of the title page of the 1597 English edition. Original publisher's vellum-backed patterned paper boards lettered in gilt T.E.G. others uncut. Lightly rubbed corners bumped. Internally immaculate. A remarkably handsome edition of Boccaccio's greatest poem and unquestionably the best of his minor works. This edition unites the Elizabethan English translation with the woodcuts created for a lost fifteenth-century Italian edition . Quarto. Editiones Officinae Bodoni hardcover
197671513Nice, Joseph Pardo. Édition d' Art Sefer à l' Enseigne Du Chant Des Sphères, 1976-1978, 263, 236, 177, 222, 216 pages.
1954103993Lexington Kentucky: Gravesend Press 1954. quarter paper-covered boards with decorated paper-covered covers. Gravesend Press. 12mo. quarter paper-covered boards with decorated paper-covered covers. vi 48 2 pages. First edition of 200 hand-numbered copies. With woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel. A "story of roguery" from the fourteenth century. A wonderful association item as this copy bears the following presentation at the top of the free endpaper "For John DePol with friendly greetings from Joe Graves Oct. 21st 1955" and has John DePol's bookplate on front pastedown. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Gravesend Press unknown books
195719555DEMI-JOUR 1957 2 Traduits par Antoine Le Maçon et mis en français moderne par Henri Demeurisse. Aquarelles de Pierre-Laurent BRENOT. Editions du Demi-Jour, 1957, 2 fort volumes in-8, broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 334 et 324 pages.
1930105446Paris A la librairie Paul Cotinaud. 1930 3 volumes IN4. Reliure demi-maroquin bleu à coins. Dos à nerfs avec pièce de titre et de tomaison. Daté en pied. Couverture conservée. Tête dorées. Ouvrage tiré à 331 exemplaires. Celui-ci n°149 sur vélin de rives. Orné de 45 eaux-fortes originales en cou
197611081976 Nice. Le chant des sphères. 1976/78 5 volumes in4, reliés plein cuir , dos à nerfs ornés , plats ornés avec cabochons, sous emboitages. Ouvrage illustré de miniatures en couleurs dont certaines à double page, par GRASASSI. (pochoir Arts et couleurs) Avec son certificat. Édition de luxe.
1906170171London: Henry F. Bumpus 1906. A finely bound copy of Rigg's edition the "most long lived of the early 20th-century versions" Armstrong p. 270. First published in 1903 in 1930 the translation was used for the Everyman's Library series and it remained the canonical British Decameron for the next half century. Rigg's translation leaves the most explicit part of the erotic story cycle in Italian the effects of which Armstrong argues "have been far-reaching for the reputation of Boccaccio in the British Isles at least. the editorial decision to demarcate the censorship in this way has no doubt contributed to the notorious reputation of this book as a repository of obscenity" ibid. p. 272. The Chalon plates originally appeared as a set of 20 alongside John Payne's translation of 1893; for Rigg's edition the publishers cut the number to the 12 least explicit plates. It also features woodcut reproductions in the introduction after the first illustrated Decameron published in Venice in 1492. 2 vols octavo 256 x 181 mm. Photogravure frontispiece to vol. I 11 similar plates all after oil paintings by Louis Chalon woodcut reproductions to text title page printed in red and black. Contemporary red straight grain morocco spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers bordered in gilt with green onlay to corners gilt inner dentelles red silk endpapers top edges gilt fore and bottom edges uncut. Minor skinning to edges of endpapers scattered foxing to contents. A near-fine copy. Guyda Armstrong The English Boccaccio: A History in Books 2013. unknown
193014833Ornés de 45 eaux-fortes originales en couleurs et de 100 dessins en noir de André Collot.Tirage à 331 exemplaires, celui-ci un des 300 sur vélin de Rives n°88.Paris, à la Librairie Paul Cotinaud - 1930.Reliure demi-chagrin bleu à coins de l'époque. Dos à 4 nerfs avec pièces de titre et de tomaison chagrin rouge. Date en pied. Tête dorée sur témoins, non rogné. Couvertures et dos conservés. Petits frottements aux dos sans gravité. Pas de rousseur. Bon état. Format in-4°(25x20).
1934035596Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Numbered Edition. Two volumes 319pp & 268 pp.Two volumes-319 pp & 268 pp. Attractive blue Morocco leather bound with blue and gold cockerel endpapers printed in blue and black throughout with woodcut illustrations on Batchelor's Kelmscott handmade paper. Double title-page spread with tissue paper in between top edge gilt with others uncut. Beautiful decorative leading letters. Internally near fine condition with some wear on the corners and top and bottom of spine. Large quarto. This is one of 325 limited numbered editions being #8."Set in Italy during the time of the Black Death The Decameron tells the story of a group of ten young people-seven women and three men-who flee plague-ridden Florence for a two-week respite at a villa in the countryside. To pass the time in the evenings they decide that each person will tell one story per night for 10 nights resulting in a total of 100 tales.The 100 stories cover a wide range of subjects and tones from bawdy tales mocking the lust of clergy members to romantic adventures of traveling merchants. Recurring elements include tensions between social classes the resourcefulness of women and the fickleness of fate." . Shakespeare Head Press Hardcover
1965L3 box657 b4aEsposizioni Sopra la Comedia di Dante Tutte le Opere di Giovanni Boccaccio Volume Sesto Boccaccio VI. A cura di Giorgio Padoan. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 1965. Leather bound 1110 pages. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
1965L3 box657 b4Esposizioni Sopra la Comedia di Dante Tutte le Opere di Giovanni Boccaccio Volume Sesto Boccaccio VI. A cura di Giorgio Padoan. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 1965. Leather bound 1110 pages. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
1934260800Oxford : Basil Blackwell 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 318p. Subject; English literature. Oxford : Basil Blackwell hardcover
19032310300045Privately printed for members of the Aldus Society 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine bindings Edition de Grand Luxe no. 76. 12 volume complete set. Bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Gilt stamped spines. Top edges gilt. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Spine cap of one of the volumes is darkened. Some minor rubbing but generally a very handsome set. Clean unmarked pages. Frontispiece illustrations with tissue guard. Contents: The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci Il Boccaccio : Now First Completely Done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne 2 vols. - The Tales and Novel of J. De La Fontaine : Completely Translated into English 2 vols. - The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret Queen of Navarre : Newly Translated from the Authentic Text with an Essay upon the Heptameron by George Saintsbury M.A. 2 vols. - The Novellino of Masuccio : Now First Translated into English by W.G. Waters 2 vols. - Master Francis Rabelais : Completely Translated into English by Urquhart and Motteux 2 vols. - The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau : Now First Completely Translated into English 2 vols. Privately printed for members of the Aldus Society hardcover
194039576New York: The Heritage Press 1940. 1st edition thus i.e. the 1st version published by Heritage Press with Kredel's woodcut illustrations ca 1948 Cf. Sandglass No. 11L. Full tan sheepskin binding gilt stamped lettering and raised bands to spine. TEG. Brown paper slipcase gilt printing to one side. Light wear to binding spine slightly sunned and has some small stains to the lower spine. Box rubbed and sunned gilt fading. A VG copy in a Good slipcase. xxii 536 2 pp. Renaissance-style woodcuts by Kredel throughout. 10-1/2" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>"The typography has been planned by George Macy." - Colophon The Heritage Press hardcover books
1940016386New York: Limited Editions Club 1940. Hardcover. Mild rubbing to spine tips. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some spotting. Fritz Kredel. Two large octavo 7-1/4" x 10-1/4" volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620 plus two tales there omitted. Illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. One of the scarcest publications of the press with only 530 copies printed. Of that total edition of 530 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed number "476" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
192323077Chicago: The Caxton Club 1923. FIRST and LIMITED EDITION one of only 160 copies printed on handmade Fabriano Paper. With 21 plates three of which are in beautiful full colour with printed tissue guards. Also with fine engraved ititials and tables throughtout. 4to publisher’s original half vellum over buff boards with small vellum corner-pieces. 24pp plates. A very fine copy near as pristine. SCARCE LIMITED TO ONLY 160 COPIES. A study of the genealogical tables used to decorate Boccaccio's great mythological work from manuscripts and the early printed editions. Genealogia deorum gentilium known in English as On the Genealogy of the Gods of the Gentiles is a mythography or encyclopedic compilation of the tangled family relationships of the classical pantheons of Ancient Greece and Rome written in Latin prose in circa 1360 by the Italian author and poet Giovanni Boccaccio. The first printed edition was in Venice at the early date of 1472. By 1499 no fewer then eight editions had published attesting to the popularity of the work.<br> Ernest Hatch Wilkins was a respected authority on Italian literature. His teaching career began at Amherst as an instructor of Romance languages from 1900 to 1904 and continued at Harvard where he taught from 1906 to 1912 and again from 1947 to 1950 as a visiting lecturer on Italian literature. In 1912 he went to the University of Chicago where he was successively Associate Professor and Professor of Romance languages until his move to Oberlin in 1927. From 1923 to 1926 he served the University as Dean of its College of Arts Literature and Science Wilkins served as Oberlin College's seventh president from 1927 until his retirement in 1946. He authored several respected works on Dante Petrarch and Papini. He was a corresponding member of the Accademia Della Crusca in Florence and was decorated with the Cavaliere della Corona d'Italia in 1920 for his international promotion of Petrarch and Dante. The Caxton Club hardcover
