Boccace

Laberinto damore . con una epistola à Messer Pino de Rossi confortatoria del medesimo autore.

1525L7UBM2B5YKM6Florence 1525. 8vo. heirs of Filippo Giunta the elder Contemporary sheepskin parchment with remains of a gold-tooled spine label dark blue edges. 72 ll. Second Giunta edition of the "Corbaccio" which first appeared in 1487 and was first and similarly anonymously printed by Filippo Giunta in 1516: "una materiale ristampa di questa edizione fatta pagina a pagina e riga a riga" Gamba; "ces deux editions sont assez rares" Brunet. This bawdy satire supposedly based on a Florentine widow who turned down Boccaccio was as popular as it remains controversial for its scurrilous and misogynistic elements. The text is prefixed by a letter from Filippo Giuntas son Bernardo "agli amatori della lingua Toscana"; leaves 57ff. contain Boccaccios letter to Pino di Rossi.With the engraved bookplate of Lord Robert Spencer 1747-1831 British Whig politician on the front paste-down. The youngest son of Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough the hero of the Seven Years War Lord Robert was the nephew of the politician John Spencer 5th paternal great grandfather of Diana Princess of Wales and brother of George Spencer the great-great-great grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill. Occasional light brown stains and slight traces of worming to the foot margins of the first two leaves but altogether in very good condition. A charming example of a rare and desirable edition.l Adams B2182; Bandini Juntarum typographiae annales II 199; Brunet I 1016; Edit 16 CNCE 6267; Gamba 203 note; Panzer VII 40f 219; Renouard Supplément p. XLIX no. 79; WorldCat 612050557; cf. Hayn/Gotendorf I 398 citing later Italian eds.; not in BMC STC Italian. unknown

Asher Rare Books · Pays-Bas3 500,00 €

Boccaccio, GiovanniBiblio.com

Le Decameron

1597798Amsterdam: Cornille Claesz 1597. Early French edition. A rare late-16th century French edition of Boccaccio’s Decameron one of the foundational works of Western literature and a cornerstone of Renaissance humanist storytelling. First written in the 14th century the Decameron comprises one hundred novellas told by ten young Florentines sheltering outside the city during the Black Death. The tales range from romantic and tragic to humorous erotic moral and political forming one of the most influential narrative sequences in European literary history. This 1597 Amsterdam printing uses the celebrated French translation of Antoine Le Maçon court favorite of Francis I and is a corrected and illustrated edition compared to earlier printings making it an important early Continental witness to the French reception of Boccaccio. This volume would be an exceptional addition for collectors of Renaissance literature early printing French editions of classics plague-era narratives and works pivotal in shaping Chaucer Shakespeare Molière Balzac and countless authors thereafter. Internally the text remains highly readable with its original period typeface early pagination woodcut ornaments and decorative printer’s devices at title and colophon. The closing leaf states FIN with an ornamental tailpiece consistent with 16th-century printing conventions. Includes the full cycle of tales including stories of love cleverness vice clergy satire virtue rewarded and the social wit that earned Boccaccio both admiration and censorship for centuries. Condition & Binding: Period full leather binding with raised bands and gilt spine ornamentation well-worn with rubbing and losses spine cracking and some leather deterioration see photos. Both boards present but detached/separated. Overall- poor. Cornille Claesz unknown

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BOCCACCIO, GiovanniBiblio.com

Le philocope . contenant l'histoire de Fleury & Blanchefleur divise en sept livres traduictz d'Italien en Francoys par Adrian Sevin .

1542835Paris: Jean André bookseller to the University colophon: printed by Denis Janot 1542. French calf ca. 1760 sewn on 5 supports richly gold-tooled spine with a black morocco label in the 2nd of 6 compartments gold double-fillets on board edges blind triple fillets on boards gilt edges green silk ribbon marker curl-marbled endpapers similar to Wolfe 16 but with red blue orange green and white in that order. Folio 31.5 x 21.5 cm. With Jean Andrés woodcut flaming heart and caged bird device on the title-page and 15 woodcut illustrations plus 21 repeats in the text mostly 5.5 x 8 cm each in any of several 4-piece decorative borders including 8 foot pieces each with a different coat of arms; one illustration 13.5 x 8.5 cm with an 8-piece decorative border 5 woodcut decorated initials 2 series plus 1 repeat and many spaces with guide-letters for manuscript initials not filled in. Set in a roman type with shoulder notes and some verses in italic and a large roman for headings. Jean André issue of the extremely influential first French-language edition by Adrien Sevin of Boccaccio's first major work Il filocolo ca. 1336 a prose tale detailing the romantic love and adventures of Florio and Biancafiore based on the ca. 1160 French verse romance Floire et Blancheflor written at the request of Boccaccio's muse "Fiammetta". Boccaccio's version served as the model for Chaucer's more than fifty years later but it is a reworking rather than a translation so it was largely through the present printed translation that Il philocope a precursor of the better known Decameron became known north of the Alps. The fine woodcut illustrations first appeared in Janot's 1540 edition of Amadis de Gaula and after the Philocope also for several other romances. The borders used with them in these works are apparently older for two of the head borders are dated 1520. King François I of France who reigned from 1515 to 1547 greatly admired the Italian Renaissance and encouraged Italian influences in many aspects of French culture. The present book reflects that movement both as a model of French Renaissance prose under Italian influence and as an example of book production using new roman and italic types in the new style introduced under Italian influence in the 1530s.With the small letterpress bookplate and the armorial bookplate of Charles Bouchelet de Vendegies Comte d'Hust 1772- 1851 and a later bookplate of the Swiss collector Albert Natural. With a few mostly marginal defects and early repairs but with three repaired tears in the text one also in a woodcut but so skilfully repaired that it is barely visible in the woodcut. One of the repeated woodcuts has a small abrasion. Otherwise in good condition. The binding has restorations to the hinges and corners and the spine shows some superficial cracks and flaking but nearly all of the tooling remains clear. The very influential first French edition of Boccaccio's first major work with excellent woodcut illustrations.l BMC STC French p. 71 Janot issue; Brun Le livre français illustré p. 158; Mortimer French 105 Janot issue; Rawles Denis Janot . 1976 PhD thesis 164; Renouard Imprimeurs Parisiens 155; USTC 37796 & 92444 8 copies; see 37799 65503 & 92444 for the other issues; cf. Adams B2169-2171 Italian eds. Jean André, bookseller to the University (colophon: printed by Denis Janot), hardcover

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Boccaccio GiovanniBiblio.com

Libro di M. Gio. Boccaccio delle donne illustri tradotto per messer Giovanni Betussi con vna additione fatta Etc Etc.

1547008609Venetia: Venice: Pietro dei Nicolini da Sabbio 1547. This is an original edition published in the year 1547.Collation 264216 i.e 4321pp woodcut decorative capital's throughout. Recently bound in full antiquarian calf blind flat bands leather title label ruled blind lines on boards. Slight crease line along edge of spine. Binding in very good clean firm condition with strong hinge joints. Internally no loose pages title page slightly dusty very small nick on margin first few pages with light stain to extreme margin otherwise text in remarkably clean condition throughout. A very nice copy in a very good attractive binding.F. Full Calf. Very Good. Small 8vo. Venice: Pietro dei Nicolini da Sabbio, Hardcover

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Giovanni BoccaccioBiblio.com

PARISIAN BINDING BY "WOTTON BINDER C" FOR ORSINI. Il Philocopo

15384518Venice: Venice: Bernardino Bindoni 1538. Very good. 8vo 157 x 98 mm. Woodcut printer's device at end. Contemporary Parisian morocco by Wotton's Binder C: interlaced design some open tools painted gray others with pointille tooling central armorial device of Paolo Giordano Orsini with his arms impaling the Medici arms of his future wife motto Isabella and his motto "Pavl Iordan Vrs D. Aragon" spine in six compartments with floral design gilt and gauffered edges sympathetic restorations to spine ends and board edges. ONE OF A VERY SMALL GROUP OF ELABORATE RENAISSANCE BINDINGS EXECUTED IN PARIS FOR PAOLO GIORDANO I ORSINI BY THE THIRD OF WOTTON'S BINDERS "WOTTON BINDER C" AN ESTEEMED CRAFTSMAN WHOSE CLIENTELE INCLUDED MANY IMPORTANT BIBLIOPHILES SUCH AS JEAN GROLIER FRANCOIS I CARDINAL GRANVELLE CHARLES DE LORRAINE MARCUS FUGGER THE "GERMAN GROLIER" AND THOMAS WOTTON THE "ENGLISH GROLIER" AFTER WHOM THE WORKSHOP IS NAMED. It is almost certain that Orsini's bindings were made for him during his only known visit to France in 1556 when he was just fifteen. His was a diplomatic engagement accompanying the apostolic legate Cardinal Carafa to secure an alliance with Henri II against the Spanish. Only thirty of Orsini's Parisian bindings have so far come to light plus two remboite all bound by Wotton Binder C. The books are all printed before 1555 and with two exceptions are in Italian. The bindings either have a bold architectural strapwork decoration as here perhaps based on contemporary French patterns or a "center-and-corner" design. Concerning the armorial device: Orsini impaled his own arms with those of the Medici despite the fact that his marriage to Isabella de' Medici was not celebrated until 1558! This is the device that figures on our binding and all the other surviving examples. Paolo Giordano I Orsini 1541-1585 Duke of Bracciano infamous member of the famous Roman family and one of the most powerful men in Rome was affianced in 1553 to Isabella de'Medici daughter of Grand Duke Cosimo of Tuscany. After they married in 1558 Orsini already immensely wealthy became even richer with grand palaces in Rome Florence and Bracciano. He spent lavishly on paintings sculptures antiquities tapestries and furniture. Orsini is suspected of strangling Isabella in 1571 in reprisal for her infidelity apparently in broad daylight and in the presence of named servants. He is also suspected of ordering in 1581 the murder of Francesco Peretti wife of Vittoria Accoramboni with whom Orsini was himself having an affair. Unfortunately for Orsini Peretti was the nephew of the future Pope Sixtus V and soon found himself wanted not only by the Papal police but the Tuscan police. He took refuge in Venice and then in Abano and Salo with his mistress whom he married in 1585. He died in Salo later that year. Orsini's bindings are greatly prized but are very rare in private ownership indeed the great bibliophile Michael Wittock was unable to acquire one. In 2005 when the present binding came up for auction at Christie's New York we immediately recognized it as being from the Parisian workshop of Wotton Binder C despite the fact that Christie's described it as being "Italian." Happily we were able to secure it at the sale and it passed into the collection of one of our favorite clients; now after twenty years we are pleased to offer the present binding again. Despite the fact that books from Orisini's library almost never come on the open market T. Kimball Brooker was able to secure of them both of which commanded very high prices in the Brookeriana sales : 1. Sotheby's New York 10/11/23 lot 13. Bible in Italian. Venice 1547 Macchi no. 22. Est. $30000 - $40000 unsold. Offered again at Sotheby's Paris 12/17/25 lot 45. Sold for EUR 40640. 2. Sotheby's London 7/11/2025 lot 1709. Paolo Giovio Vita de Leon X Florence 1549 Macchi no. 24. Sold for GBP 25400 now in the Morgan Library. The first penetrating study of Orsini's bindings was made by G.D. Hobson 1931 who correctly assigned them to France not Italy. His work was continued by no less authorities than Tammaro de Marinis 1940 Anthony Hobson French and Italian Collectors 1953 Miriam Foot Henry Davis Gift I pp.152-154 and Appendix V: Bindings by Wotton's Binder III for Other Collectors Federico & Livio Macchi who compiled a list of 24 bindings for which see below. Robin Halwas's amazing self-published article on Orsini's bindings is essential reading "Parisian bindings for Paolo Giordano Orsini 1541-1585". Whereas the compilers of the Brookeriana sale catalogues state that only twenty-six such examples are known Halwas shows that there are thirty plus two remboitage. Our binding which had remained untraced after 2005 is listed his no. 9 and he gives a characteristically impressive provenance history and to him we are much obliged: 1. Paolo Giordano Orsini duca di Bracciano 1541-1585 armorial supralibros lettered "Pavl Iordan Vrs D. Aragon"; 2. Librairie Damascène Morgand Paris; 4. Charles Fairfax Murray 1849-1919; 5. Sotheby's London 17-20 July 1922 lot 132; 6. Leo S. Olschki Florence; 7. Christie's New York 15 December 2005 lot 337 binding described as "contemporary Italian morocco"; 8. Purchased by Michael Laird Rare Books 9. Private Collector USA; 10. Michael Laird Rare Books. THE BINDER: Thomas Wotton 1521-1587 wealthy English squire landowner and sheriff of Kent traveled to Paris with some frequency and there he patronized the leading binders of the day. Indeed on Wotton the posthumous title "the English Grolier" has been bestowed owing to his early adoption of Grolier's "Et Amicorum" formula on the covers of his books. About 140 bindings from Wotton's library have been identified. From the anonymous workshop known as "Wotton Binder C" which was active in the 1540s and 1550s and which was responsible for the present binding from Orsini's library Thomas Wotton commissioned as many as thirty bindings; most recognizable are those that bear the date "1552." § Adams B-2170. Macchi Federico & Livio Macchi "Le legature francesi di Paolo Giordano Orsini d'Aragona: Storia di un personaggio e di una legatura" in: Misinta 45 June 2016 pp.143-149 our binding is listed on p.147 as no. 21. Venice: Bernardino Bindoni unknown

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[BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI]. LYDGATE, JOHNBiblio.com

THE TRAGEDIES GATHERED BY JHON BOCHAS OF ALL SUCH PRINCES AS FELL FROM THEYR ESTATES THROUGHE THE MUTABILITY OF FORTUNE SINCE THE CREATION OF ADAM UNTIL HIS TIME. "FALL OF PRINCES"

1554ST19091London: Iohn Wayland at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium 1554 or 1555. Third or Fourth Edition of the First English Translation of "De Casibus Illustrium Virorum. 340 x 220 mm. 13 1/4 x 8 3/4". 9 p.l. clxiii xxxvi xxxv-xxxvii 1 leaves complete including "A Memorial of such Princes" leaf often lacking at the end; collates as ESTC. Translated from the French version of Laurent de Premierfait by John Lydgate. Attractive 19th century honey-brown morocco by Francis Bedford stamp-signed on front turn-in covers gilt with French fillet frame oblique bouquets at corners raised bands spine compartments with central fleuron framed by geometrical compartments filled with floral tooling gilt lettering gilt-rolled turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Title page and Gg4 recto title page of a suppressed supplement dealing with English notables with woodcut title border the top compartment with the Royal Arms termini at sides the pedestal at base with a tablet showing one boy waking another with the motto "Arise for it is day" McKerrow & Ferguson 76a A4 recto with woodcut depicting the Creation of Eve flanked by terminal side-pieces woodcut historiated and floral initials throughout. Printed in black letter. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of Christopher William Beaumont Pease; rear pastedown with bookplates of John William Pease and Lord Wardington. Chrzanowski 1555b; Pforzheimer 73; Luborsky & Ingram 3178; STC 3178; ESTC S107087. Spine somewhat sunned and dulled extremities very lightly rubbed boards with a couple of faint scratches but the once very handsome binding still attractive. Title leaf and final leaf extended at foot first few and last couple of leaves excluding title and final leaf with small minor repair at upper corner probably pressed and perhaps lightly washed at the time of binding isolated trivial stains but the text still surprisingly fresh remarkably clean and entirely smooth. This is a desirable copy of an important 16th century translation of Boccaccio's study of the vicissitudes of fortune prepared by John Lydgate a poet much influenced by Chaucer. Educated in the Benedictine monastery where he eventually served as prior Lydgate ca. 1370 - 1449/50 was a respected poet whose works DNB tells us "bear the mark of a pious and learned mind." And an indication of his importance is reflected in Chrzanowski's statement that "well into the 16th century the premier poets of England were considered to be Geoffrey Chaucer John Gower and Lydgate." Undertaken ca. 1431 at the request of the duke of Gloucester the 36365 lines here divided into nine books required a massive effort that took until 1438 or 1439 to complete. In the text a parade of notable historical figures pass before "Bochas" Boccaccio telling of the turns of fate that brought their careers and reputations crashing down from a pinnacle. According to DNB Lydgate's interpretation of the work "urges the traditional doctrines of moderation the avoidance of pride and the pursuit of virtue and demonstrates the horror of discord and strife between kinsfolk. This advice though couched in general terms was highly relevant to contemporary princes." This relevance led to popularity: more than 30 manuscripts of the work survive and it was printed previously in 1494 and in 1527. The final leaf here Gg4 contains the title page for "A Memorial of Such Princes as since the Tyme of King Richard the Seconde Haue Been Unfortunate in the Realme of England" intended for issue with "Fall of Princes" but suppressed by Queen Mary. It was finally published as the famous "Mirrour for the Magistrates" in 1559 after Elizabeth I had ascended the throne. The binding here is by the eminent West End bindery of Francis Bedford d. 1883 and was owned by three generations of the Wardington family who created one of the finest private libraries in England. It contains the bookplates of Northumberland banker John William Beaumont Pease 1869-1950 who began the collection; a grandson Christopher Henry Beaumont Pease 2nd Baron Wardington 1924-2005 who was successively Chairman Vice-President and then President of the Friends of the British Library; and a great-grandson the Hon. Christopher William Beaumont Pease b. 1970. The Wardington sales at Sotheby's in London were major bibliophilic events in 2005 and 2006. The very expert extension at the bottoms of the title leaf and the rare final leaf would seem to suggest that these come from another copy the leaves are not facsimiles. In any case every recent copy sold at auction according to RBH lacked one or both of these leaves or had other leaves supplied. This fact plus the fine state of preservation of our copy and its distinguished provenance surely are more than enough to compensate for the volume's one appreciable shortcoming. Iohn Wayland, at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium unknown

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Le Decameron

Le philocope . contenant l'histoire de Fleury & Blanchefleur divise en sept livres traduictz d'Italien en Francoys par Adrian Sevin .

Libro di M. Gio. Boccaccio delle donne illustri tradotto per messer Giovanni Betussi con vna additione fatta Etc Etc.

PARISIAN BINDING BY "WOTTON BINDER C" FOR ORSINI. Il Philocopo

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