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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). The Decameron. Venice: Valgrisi, 1555.
Copy of this scarce edition with early annotations of a lexical nature and numerous underlinings of sentences and specific words, suggesting that the volume was annotated by a scholar of the Florentine vernacular. This is the variant with the date 1555 on the main title page and 1554 on the second title page. Elegant early 20th-century Swedish binding signed Gustav Hedberg and formerly owned by Edward Cardwell, a British politician known for the British military reform that bears his name.4to, (223 x 154mm). Three-quarter-page woodcut illustrations before each day, woodcut initials (light staining to upper margin). Fine full blind-tooled neo-Renaissance binding signed by Gustav Hedberg (1859-1920). Provenance: Numerous contemporary notes and underlining in the text; Ex-libris of Edward Cardwell (1813-1886) (carried over from the previous binding); ex-libris Bogh Aalborg to the 20th-century endpapers. (1)
ESTIMATE € 1,000 - 1,500
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BUONINSEGNI, Domenico (1384-1465). Historia fiorentina. Florence: Marescotti, 1580.
BUONINSEGNI, Domenico (1384-1465). Historia fiorentina. Florence: Marescotti, 1580.
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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CICERUS (106-43 BC). Hoc in volumine haec...opera continentur. Venice: Bevilacqua, 1496.
CICERUS (106-43 BC). Hoc in volumine haec...opera continentur. Venice: Bevilacqua, 1496.
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1,200
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CYPRIANUS, Tascio Caecilio (210-258). Opera. Venice: Vindelino da Spira, 1471.
CYPRIANUS, Tascio Caecilio (210-258). Opera. Venice: Vindelino da Spira, 1471.
ESTIMATE € 1,500 - 2,500
