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Contes et Nouvelles de Bocace Florentin. Traduction libre, Accommodée au goût de ce temps, Seconde Edition. Dont les Figures sont Nouvellement Grave'es par les meilleurs Maîtres, sur les desseins de Mr. Romain de Hooge. Tomes Premier & Second. A Cologne, Chez Jacques Gaillard, 1702, 366 pp, 427 pp, 6 x 4", 12mos. In fair condition. Vol. II's front board and title page are detached from binding. Leather boards are scuffed at edges & worn/bumped at corners. Vol. I's head of spine beginning to chip - binding exposed. Vol. II's top compartment & tail of spine lacking - binding exposed. Title labels on spine lacking. Gilt deco on spines heavily soiled and dulled. All edges of both volumes painted red. Gilt bordering around edges of boards chipped, but still presentable. Vol. I's preliminary pages are marbled - Vol. II's are not. Previous ownership ink stamp exhibited on Vol. I's front end page (verso) and Vol. II's front paste-down. Engravings have caused off-setting throughout text-block. Toning and foxing throughout text-blocks, with some instances of age-staining and foxing. All intact gutters are split with exposed cording. Water dampness staining exhibited to fore-edge of Vol. I. Bindings are intact, but fragile. Perfect candidates for restoration. Binding fragile. Please see photos. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer, poet, and correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was sometimes simply known as "the Certaldese" & one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century. Boccaccio, Dante Alighieri & Petrarch, together, form the so-called "Three Crowns" of Italian literature. He is remembered for being one of the precursors of humanism, of which he helped lay the foundations in the city of Florence. Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) was a late Dutch Baroque painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist. During his career, Hough produced over 3500 prints. He also illustrated books, and his illustrations can be found in some of the most important texts of his period. The Hieroglyphica of Merkbeelden der oude volkeran (1735) was a well known emblem book and sourcebook for classical mythology and its iconography. Some critiqued Hooghe's drawings & felt that despite an enormous talent, Hooghe engraved shameful subjects that were a disgrace to the profession. Others, however, refer to Hooghe as the first great modern graphic satirist. Incredible engravings, present well. Reading copies. ***FORN-SHELF-0467-BB-2410-HKREV220. N° de ref. del artículo RAREF1702DOPX
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