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
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.
Nineteenth century red morocco gilt, gilt edges, by Kleihnans.
Artwork Details
- 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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