Giovanni Boccaccio - Vincenzo Bagli - Boccaccio - De mulieribus claris. L'opera de misser Giovanni Boccacio de mulieribus claris - 1506
12
days
16
hours
35
minutes
55
seconds
Current bid
€ 1,100
Reserve price not met
Expert
Selected by Volker Riepenhausen
Specialist in travel literature and pre-1600 rare prints with 28 years experience.
Estimate € 3,200 - € 4,000
 | €1,100 | |
|---|---|---|
 | €2 | |
 | €1 |
Catawiki Buyer Protection
Your payment’s safe with us until you receive your object.View details
Trustpilot 4.4 | 142824 reviews
Rated Excellent on Trustpilot.
Boccaccio - De mulieribus claris. L'opera de misser Giovanni Boccacio de mulieribus claris, the first Italian translation by Vincenzo Bagli in a richly illustrated Venetian print from 1506, in Italian, published by Giovanni Tacuino, Venice, parchment binding, 300 pages, 21.5 × 15.5 cm, illustrated, in very good condition.
AI-assisted summary
Description from the seller
The first book about the famous women - Boccaccio - First Italian translation from 1506
Author
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
Title
De mulieribus claris.
L'opera de misser Giovanni Boccacio de mulieribus claris.
Printer
Giovanni Tacuino, Venice, March 6, 1506
Description
Rare edition of Boccaccio's important work on the famous women in history.
First Italian translation by Vincenzo Bagli in a richly illustrated Venetian print run.
The illustrations show full-page portraits of famous historical and mythological women, from Eve to Joanna of Jerusalem and Cleopatra, to Pope Joan. The work was authored by Boccaccio around 1360, revised and expanded several times, and first published in 1374. For each figure depicted, the text provides a biography of the respective lady, similar to Plutarch’s “Lives,” whose gender counterpart this work represents.
Equipment
Single-column Roman type with 28 lines. At the beginning of the poem, a large figurative initial “N” showing Leda with the swan. In total 104 large text woodcuts, some repeated.
Page dimensions: 20.5 x 14.5 cm; text area: 15.5 x 10 cm.
Collation
150 (of 152) non-numbered leaves. The two leaves A1 (title) and A5 (Voword) are missing.
The poem is complete in text and image.
Signature scheme: A1-6; B-T8; V4.
Binding
19th-century parchment binding. Book block trimmed on three sides with speckled red edges. Very good condition. Covers somewhat stained. Book block and binding firm and stable.
Quarto format: 21.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm.
Condition
Very good condition. Clean copy. In the wide margins partially foxed and finger-marked, the text area very clean. The first page more finger-marked. Some leaves slightly cut at the upper margin. Very neat copy.
Provenance
Old French private collection.
References
Literature: USTC 814731
Libraries: 24 copies recorded in libraries.
Hereby we confirm the originality as well as the pristine provenance of the offered post-incunable. It is free from third-party rights at the time of sale.
Information on shipping, customs and export
The shipping costs include careful packing of the objects as well as insured shipping to the relevant destination country.
For shipping outside the EU with a purchase price of currently 1,000 EURO (as of 2023), customs documents must be applied for. We provide this service for the buyer. The costs incurred for this amount to 60 EURO and are already included in the stated shipping costs. Processing time with the customs authorities takes about 2-3 days.
Seller's Story
Antiquities from over five centuries
We are passionate collectors and traders with over 20 years of experience.
Be enchanted by incunabula as well as by rare and valuable prints.
We take you on a journey through the ages, from the beginnings of book printing in the 15th century, through selected works of the Renaissance in the 16th century, to interesting classics of the 17th and 18th centuries.
We examine our objects to the best of our knowledge and conscience for authenticity and genuineness. We guarantee their originality and authenticity according to the information provided in our descriptions. We always see technically constructive feedback as a positive suggestion, not as criticism.
We explain for all our objects the lawful acquisition and freedom of rights against third parties.
Translated by Google TranslateThe first book about the famous women - Boccaccio - First Italian translation from 1506
Author
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
Title
De mulieribus claris.
L'opera de misser Giovanni Boccacio de mulieribus claris.
Printer
Giovanni Tacuino, Venice, March 6, 1506
Description
Rare edition of Boccaccio's important work on the famous women in history.
First Italian translation by Vincenzo Bagli in a richly illustrated Venetian print run.
The illustrations show full-page portraits of famous historical and mythological women, from Eve to Joanna of Jerusalem and Cleopatra, to Pope Joan. The work was authored by Boccaccio around 1360, revised and expanded several times, and first published in 1374. For each figure depicted, the text provides a biography of the respective lady, similar to Plutarch’s “Lives,” whose gender counterpart this work represents.
Equipment
Single-column Roman type with 28 lines. At the beginning of the poem, a large figurative initial “N” showing Leda with the swan. In total 104 large text woodcuts, some repeated.
Page dimensions: 20.5 x 14.5 cm; text area: 15.5 x 10 cm.
Collation
150 (of 152) non-numbered leaves. The two leaves A1 (title) and A5 (Voword) are missing.
The poem is complete in text and image.
Signature scheme: A1-6; B-T8; V4.
Binding
19th-century parchment binding. Book block trimmed on three sides with speckled red edges. Very good condition. Covers somewhat stained. Book block and binding firm and stable.
Quarto format: 21.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm.
Condition
Very good condition. Clean copy. In the wide margins partially foxed and finger-marked, the text area very clean. The first page more finger-marked. Some leaves slightly cut at the upper margin. Very neat copy.
Provenance
Old French private collection.
References
Literature: USTC 814731
Libraries: 24 copies recorded in libraries.
Hereby we confirm the originality as well as the pristine provenance of the offered post-incunable. It is free from third-party rights at the time of sale.
Information on shipping, customs and export
The shipping costs include careful packing of the objects as well as insured shipping to the relevant destination country.
For shipping outside the EU with a purchase price of currently 1,000 EURO (as of 2023), customs documents must be applied for. We provide this service for the buyer. The costs incurred for this amount to 60 EURO and are already included in the stated shipping costs. Processing time with the customs authorities takes about 2-3 days.
Seller's Story
Antiquities from over five centuries
We are passionate collectors and traders with over 20 years of experience.
Be enchanted by incunabula as well as by rare and valuable prints.
We take you on a journey through the ages, from the beginnings of book printing in the 15th century, through selected works of the Renaissance in the 16th century, to interesting classics of the 17th and 18th centuries.
We examine our objects to the best of our knowledge and conscience for authenticity and genuineness. We guarantee their originality and authenticity according to the information provided in our descriptions. We always see technically constructive feedback as a positive suggestion, not as criticism.
We explain for all our objects the lawful acquisition and freedom of rights against third parties.
Translated by Google TranslateDetails
Number of books
1
Subject
History, Illustrated, Literature, Poetry
Book title
Boccaccio - De mulieribus claris. L'opera de misser Giovanni Boccacio de mulieribus claris
Author/ Illustrator
Giovanni Boccaccio - Vincenzo Bagli
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1506
Height
21.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
15.5 cm
Language
Italian
Original language
No
Publisher
Giovanni Tacuino, Venedig
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Number of pages
300
Sold by
