Auction 487
BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Sep 22, 2020
Italy
Via Pontaccio 12, 20121 Milano
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Auction 487
22 September 2020
(10.30 am - 3.30 pm)
I session - from lot 1 to lot 134
Venue: Via Pontaccio 12, Milano
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LOT 72:
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375) - Le Decameron. London [but Paris]: 1757-1761. A fine copy of this sought after ...
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Sold for: €900
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Estimated price:
€1,000 - €1,500
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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375) - Le Decameron. London [but Paris]: 1757-1761. A fine copy of this sought after richly illustrated edition of Boccaccio. 5 volumes, 8vo (203 x 130mm). Portrait, frontispieces, 22 plates in each volume for a total of 115 plates engraved by Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and Eisen, engraved by Aliamet, Baquoy, Flipart, Legrand, Lemire, Lempereur, numerous head and tail pieces (some browning and spotting). Contemporary calf, triple gilt fillet border, gilt spine and inlays, marbled endpapers (hinges and spine ends a bit worn, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Robert Nossam (bookplate). (5)
