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Boccaccio, Giovanni
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- A Treatise Excellent and Compendious, shewing and declaring, in maner of Tragedye, the Falles of sondry most notable Princes and Princesses with other nobles. … First compyled in Latin by the excellent clerke Bocatius, an Italian borne. And sence that tyme translated into our English and vulgare tong, by Dan John Lidgate monke of Burye [and] John Lydgate. Daunce Machabree. (London: Imprinted by Richard Tottel, 10 September 1554)
- paper, ink, leather
Folio (10 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.; 274 x 185 mm). Black letter, two columns, title within woodcut architectural border with royal arms, arms of Catherine Parr, and Edward Whitchurch's initials (McKerrow & Ferguson 68), 12 woodcuts, of which one composite cut comprising two blocks and side strip borders with scattered ornaments, numerous decorative woodcut initials; repair to title-page (possibly the removal of a stamp), stamp of Bodleiana on title verso, marginal repair to ¶2, tear to inner margin of final leaf with crude old repair, first and final two leaves rather soiled, scattered soiling and light marginal dampstaining. A fine and convincing retrospective blind-panelled calf binding.
Literature
STC 3177; ESTC S122339; Pforzheimer 74; Hodnut 1945, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961
Condition
olio (10 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.; 274 x 185 mm). Black letter, two columns, title within woodcut architectural border with royal arms, arms of Catherine Parr, and Edward Whitchurch's initials (McKerrow & Ferguson 68), 12 woodcuts, of which one composite cut comprising two blocks and side strip borders with scattered ornaments, numerous decorative woodcut initials; repair to title-page (possibly the removal of a stamp), stamp of Bodleiana on title verso, marginal repair to ¶2, tear to inner margin of final leaf with crude old repair, first and final two leaves rather soiled, scattered soiling and light marginal dampstaining. A fine and convincing retrospective blind-panelled calf binding.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The third or fourth edition in English Boccaccio's De casibus virorum illustrium and the first edition of Lydgate's Daunce Machabree, which is lacking in many copies. The first English edition of De casibus virorum was produced by Richard Pynson in 1494 (Goff B-710; STC 3175) with blocks adapted from Jean du Pré's 1483/84 Paris edition. Lydgate based his translation in rhyme royal on Laurent de Premierfait's French prose translation in the Du Pré edition. Pynson's second edition (1527) employed copies of the 1494 blocks. Eight of these blocks were subsequently used in Tottel's edition. An undated edition by Richard Wayland is presumed to have been printed in 1554, but priority between this edition and Tottel's has not been established. A very good copy of a rare book.