Contes et nouvelles de Bocace florentin : traduction libre, accommodée au gout de ce temps, & enrichie de figures en taille-douce gravées par Mr. Romain de Hooge

1697
Not on view
2 volumes. Pagination: v. 1: [24], 366, [2] p. (the last 2 p. blank); v. 2: 427, [13] p. (the last p. blank). Title page (v. 1) printed in red and black. Etchings: frontispiece to v. 1 (leaf*1) with illustrations preceding each of the 100 novellas.

Nineteenth century red morocco gilt, gilt edges, by Kleihnans.

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  • Title: Contes et nouvelles de Bocace florentin : traduction libre, accommodée au gout de ce temps, & enrichie de figures en taille-douce gravées par Mr. Romain de Hooge
  • Author: Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, Paris 1313–1375 Certaldo, Tuscany)
  • Printmaker: Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, Amsterdam 1645–1708 Haarlem)
  • Printer: George Gallet
  • Binder: Kleihnans
  • Date: 1697
  • Geography: Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Dimensions: 2 volumes: illustrations, etchings; Height: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2008
  • Object Number: PQ4272.F5 A34 1697

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