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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. The Antient, True and Admirable History of Patient Grisel, a poore man's daughter in France: shewing, how maides, by her example, in their good behaviour may marrie rich husbands; and likewise, wives by their patience and obedience may gaine much glorie. [London: H. Lownes for W. Lugger, 1619]
4° (172 x 115mm). Collation: A-D4. Text in Roman, Italic and Gothic type. Title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initial and headpiece. (Title torn with loss of imprint and some letters, corners turned in, soiled.) STC 12383. -- Bound with a fragment of Romances in English. Stitched into a 16th-century legal document on parchment. Provenance: James Moncrief (inscription on blank verso of p. 172 of second work, dated 1609); William Duncan (contemporary inscription on integral blank, p. 79 of second work).
A rare edition of the Griselda story: STC lists only one copy, in the British Library. The story of Patient Grisel is taken from Boccaccio's Decameron, day 10, story 10, despite the fact that the present version claims to have been "Written first in French". The second, fragmentary work in this volume uses the framework of a verbal tournament between ladies and knights (with such semi-allegorical names as Sir de Firme Foy and Sir Fleur d'Amour) to introduce romantic and chivalric stories in a similar vein to those found in Boccaccio.
4° (172 x 115mm). Collation: A-D4. Text in Roman, Italic and Gothic type. Title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initial and headpiece. (Title torn with loss of imprint and some letters, corners turned in, soiled.) STC 12383. -- Bound with a fragment of Romances in English. Stitched into a 16th-century legal document on parchment. Provenance: James Moncrief (inscription on blank verso of p. 172 of second work, dated 1609); William Duncan (contemporary inscription on integral blank, p. 79 of second work).
A rare edition of the Griselda story: STC lists only one copy, in the British Library. The story of Patient Grisel is taken from Boccaccio's Decameron, day 10, story 10, despite the fact that the present version claims to have been "Written first in French". The second, fragmentary work in this volume uses the framework of a verbal tournament between ladies and knights (with such semi-allegorical names as Sir de Firme Foy and Sir Fleur d'Amour) to introduce romantic and chivalric stories in a similar vein to those found in Boccaccio.