BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375) - Il Decameron..tratto dall'ottimo testo scritto da Fran.co D'Amaretto Mannelli sull'originale dell'Autore. [Lucca]: 1761.   An edition of the Decameron based on the manuscript by Francesco Mannelli (14th century) written in 1384. A genuine and large copy, complete with the three engraved plates depicting the portrait of Boccaccio, the portrait of Mannelli and the reproduction of a page of the Mannelli manuscript.   Folio (280 x 200mm). Engraved title, 3 engraved plates, one engraved headpiece, a folding letterpress plate, collation in variant B of SBN, Filippo Giunti's printer device in 4+4v and 5a5v (browning, occasional foxing, some stains at leaf +1). 18th-century vellum, gilt title on spine label, red edges (small wormtrack on front endpaper).

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