Amorous Fiammetta by Giovanni Boccacci - 1926 - Antique Italian History Book

Amorous Fiammetta by Giovanni Boccacci - 1926 - Antique Italian History BookAmorous FiammettaBy Giovanni BoccaccioRevised From The Only English Translation With An Introduction by Edward HuttonPublished by The Navarre Society Limited: London 1926 Limited Edition"Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, 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" and one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century. Some scholars (including Vittore Branca) define him as the greatest European prose writer of his time, a versatile writer who amalgamated different literary trends and genres, making them converge in original works, thanks to a creative activity exercised under the banner of experimentalism."Limited Edition copy with minor wear to covers and spines as shown. No inscriptions or library marks. Browning to endpapers otherwise book is clean and bright. Gilt edge to top edge with side edge of text block handcut. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.Size 23.5cm x 16cm x 4.5cm

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci Italian Fiction Book Collectors Library

The Decameron

By Giovanni Boccaccio

Translated by Richard Aldington

Published by International Collectors Library: New York 1930

"Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, 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" and one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century. Some scholars (including Vittore Branca) define him as the greatest European prose writer of his time, a versatile writer who amalgamated different literary trends and genres, making them converge in original works, thanks to a creative activity exercised under the banner of experimentalism."