Amorous Fiammetta.

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.

$200.00

Item Number: 146439

London: The Mandrake Press, 1929.

First edition of the first psychological novel in Western literature, reprinted from the original English edition translated by Bartholomew Young in 1587. Quarto, full green vellum with gilt titles to the spine, central design of three women stamped in gilt to the front panel, yapp edges, all edges gilt, illustrated with enchanting full-page color plates by M. Leone. One of only five hundred and fifty copies, this is number 84. In near fine condition.

Giovanni Boccaccio's 'Amrorous Fiammetta,' also known as 'The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta,' is a psychological novel written in the form of a first-person confessional monologue. The protagonist, Lady Fiammetta, recounts her tragic love affair with Panphilus, who leaves for Florence where another lover awaits him. Fiammetta's jealousy and despair after the affair are the main focus of the plot rather than the development of her relationship with Panphilus.