Shelfmark
Em.6.16
Author
Uniform title
[Decamerone]
Title
Il decameron di messer Giovanni Boccacci cittadino Fiorentino..
Publication, distribution, etc.
In Amsterdamo [i.e., Naples : Giovanni Massimo Porcelli], l'anno MDCCIII.. [1703]
Physical description
[28], 811, [1] p. ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Note
A close imitation of D. Elzevier's 1665 edition.
Note
The imprint is false. For the place of publication, printer's name and editor (Lorenzo Ciccarelli), see: Parenti, M., 'Luoghi di stampa falsi', p. 20.
Note
Title-page printed in red and black.
Note
Vignette of astrolabe or armillary sphere on title-page (a near-identical copy of the same device on the Elzevier edition).
Note
Catalogue record adapted from University of Manchester copy (shelfmark R51750).
Provenance
Late 19th or early 20th century armorial bookplate of Major General Villiers Hatton on upper pastedown; Eton College School Library bookplate on facing flyleaf, recording Hatton's donation; School Library stamp on verso.
Provenance
Card catalogue and photocopy of card loosely inserted (ex Eton College School Library).
Provenance
Manuscript inscription on upper flyleaf recto: "J. T. Payne. 1850." [i.e., John Payne of Payne & Foss booksellers, London]; manuscript annotation below, signed "Gilbert [?]J. Ellis" recording his purchase of the book in the Payne sale 1855.
Provenance
Previous shelfmark and ?bookseller's codes on lower pastedown.
Binding
Early 18th century parchment over ?pulpboard; case binding, the textblock sewn on two supports. Both covers undecorated, with narrow edge extensions. Spine flat and likewise undecorated; ink titling in a contemporary hand; no traces of endbands. Textblock trimmed at head-edge only. Endpapers comprising two leaves of laid paper (pastedown and flyleaf) with stubs folded underneath pastedown.
Subject
Italian poetry 18th century.
Added entry--name
Porcelli, Giovanni Massimo printer.
Added entry--name
Ciccarelli, Lorenzo editor.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner, donor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Naples
Language code
ita
Identifier
B50945