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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. [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, translated into English by John Lydgate, ?London: ?1554]. 2° in 6's, black letter in double column, woodcut of Adam and Eve, flanked by terminal side-pieces on A4 recto, woodcut historiated and floral initials (lacking title, O2, O5 and the final 7 leaves, upper margin of gathering A and lower margin at end repaired, lightly soiled), 19th-century half calf (rubbed and scuffed); 2 bookplates (one engraved) of Charles John Shoppee. Third or fourth edition of Lydgate's translation of Boccaccio's De casibus illustrium virorum. The lot sold not subject to return.

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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. [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, translated into English by John Lydgate, ?London: ?1554]. 2° in 6's, black letter in double column, woodcut of Adam and Eve, flanked by terminal side-pieces on A4 recto, woodcut historiated and floral initials (lacking title, O2, O5 and the final 7 leaves, upper margin of gathering A and lower margin at end repaired, lightly soiled), 19th-century half calf (rubbed and scuffed); 2 bookplates (one engraved) of Charles John Shoppee. Third or fourth edition of Lydgate's translation of Boccaccio's De casibus illustrium virorum. The lot sold not subject to return.
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