Giovanni Boccaccio - Il Decameron - 1813

Title:
Boccaccio: Il Decamerone (1761) – Volume 5 of the rare Lucca edition
Description:
For sale is a rare, historic antiquarian volume of Giovanni Boccaccio's masterpiece “Il Decamerone” from 1761. This is the fifth and final volume (Vol. 5) of a valued, 5-volume complete edition.
Highlights & bibliographic details:
- Extent: VII, 260 pages (complete).
- Text-critical appendix: This final volume contains, starting on page 247, the rare and historically valuable “Varie Lezioni del Decameron.” These list textual variants based on the famous Florentine Giunta edition of 1527.
- Content: Includes the complete 10th Day (Decima Giornata) of the Decamerone, including the famous novellas under the rule of Panfilo (including the stories about the King of Spain and the bandit Ghino di Tacco).
- Edition: Printed in 1761 in Lucca (Italy), based on the corrected, historical Mannelli manuscript.

Condition:
Used antiquarian condition with charming signs of age. The contemporary paper binding shows clear defects and wear at the corners and edges (notably at the upper spine/cap). The original red spine label with gold embossing is well preserved and legible. The pages are age-toned but firmly bound and text-clean. A wonderful piece for collectors of 18th-century Italian literature.