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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-75). Dell'Amorosa Visione ... nuovamente ridotta in luce. Venice: Gabriel Giolito di Ferrarii, 1549. 8° (153 x 98mm), italic type. Printer's devices on title and at end [Vaccaro pp. 283-284], woodcut initials. (Without final blank, occasional very light spotting.) 16th-century vellum, gilt medallion on sides, spine lettered in gilt, evidence of two fore-edge ties, gilt edges (tiny tear in spine). Adams B-2190.

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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-75). Dell'Amorosa Visione ... nuovamente ridotta in luce. Venice: Gabriel Giolito di Ferrarii, 1549. 8° (153 x 98mm), italic type. Printer's devices on title and at end [Vaccaro pp. 283-284], woodcut initials. (Without final blank, occasional very light spotting.) 16th-century vellum, gilt medallion on sides, spine lettered in gilt, evidence of two fore-edge ties, gilt edges (tiny tear in spine). Adams B-2190.

BOCCACCIO, G. Laberinto d'amore con una epistola a messer Pino de Rossi confortatoria. Florence: [Filippo di Giunta], 1516. 8° (157 x 97mm), italic type. One woodcut initial. (Some spotting and staining.) 19th-century pink paper boards, lettering-piece in black morocco on vellum spine. Provenance: Melzi (pencilled ascription). Adams B-2125; Camerini I-89, Gamba 203.

BOCCACCIO, G. Ameto. Florence: Heredi di Filippo de Giunta, 1521. 8° (169 x 100mm), italic type. Printer's device at end, one woodcut initial, ruled text. (Some browning to blank margins of first and final leaves, some spotting.) Late 19th-century calf-backed brown paper boards, double gilt fillet border, spine lettered and tooled in gilt. FIRST 8° EDITION, and the first printed in italic type. Adams B-2125; Camerini I-161; Gamba 200. (3)
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