Il Corbaccio. [The Crow].

16th Century Edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Corbaccio [The Crow]

Il Corbaccio. [The Crow].

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.

$975.00

Item Number: 146435

Paris: Federigo Morello, 1569.

Rare sixteenth century edition of this literary work in the original Italian. Duodecimo, original full vellum. In near fine condition with light splitting to the front interior hinge.

Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Often referred to as one of the "Three Crowns" of Italian literature along with Dante Alighieri and Petrarch, Boccaccio is responsible for the creation of classic works of imaginative literature such as 'The Decameron' and setting the stage of Renaissance Humanism in Italy.

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