![BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (c.1313-75). Urbano. Venice: Nicolo Zoppino, 1530. Title printed in red and black with woodcut author portrait, device at end. [Bound with 3 other works by Boccaccio:] Ameto. Venice: N. Zoppino, 20 December 1524. With blank M8, title within woodcut border, ornamental initials, device on M7v [Vaccaro 532]. -- Laberinto. Venice: Francesco Bindoni and Maffeo Pasini, December 1529. Title within woodcut border, initial spaces with guide-letter, device at end. -- Fiammetta Amorosa. Venice: Bindoni and Pasini, 20 February 1527. Title within woodcut border, ornamental initials.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CKS/2012_CKS_05334_0053_000(boccaccio_giovanni_urbano_venice_nicolo_zoppino_1530_title_printed_in082754).jpg?w=1)
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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (c.1313-75). Urbano. Venice: Nicolo Zoppino, 1530. Title printed in red and black with woodcut author portrait, device at end. [Bound with 3 other works by Boccaccio:] Ameto. Venice: N. Zoppino, 20 December 1524. With blank M8, title within woodcut border, ornamental initials, device on M7v [Vaccaro 532]. -- Laberinto. Venice: Francesco Bindoni and Maffeo Pasini, December 1529. Title within woodcut border, initial spaces with guide-letter, device at end. -- Fiammetta Amorosa. Venice: Bindoni and Pasini, 20 February 1527. Title within woodcut border, ornamental initials.
4 works in one volume, 8° (153 x 102mm). Italic types. (Some light browning in first and third work.) Contemporary Italian, probaby Venetian, gold-tooled white leather over thin pasteboard, spine tooled in blind, edges gilt and gauffered (missing 4 fore-edge ties, somewhat worn). Provenance: Walter Hirst (bookplate; by descent).
A handsome volume of the Venetian Renaissance, bringing together 4 works by Boccaccio printed in fine, italic types. I: Sander 1097, Gamba 317; Brunet I:1011; II: Adams B-2126; Sander 1057; III: Brunet I: 1016; Sander 1085. EDIT 41120; 6260; 6280, 6272.
4 works in one volume, 8° (153 x 102mm). Italic types. (Some light browning in first and third work.) Contemporary Italian, probaby Venetian, gold-tooled white leather over thin pasteboard, spine tooled in blind, edges gilt and gauffered (missing 4 fore-edge ties, somewhat worn). Provenance: Walter Hirst (bookplate; by descent).
A handsome volume of the Venetian Renaissance, bringing together 4 works by Boccaccio printed in fine, italic types. I: Sander 1097, Gamba 317; Brunet I:1011; II: Adams B-2126; Sander 1057; III: Brunet I: 1016; Sander 1085. EDIT 41120; 6260; 6280, 6272.
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