(OFFICINA BODONI) Boccaccio Giovanni The Nymphs of Fiesole

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(OFFICINA BODONI.) Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Nymphs of Fiesole. 23 woodcut illustrations by Bartolomeo di Giovanni reassembled and re-cut for this edition by Fritz Kredel. Printed in Griffon type on Fabriano paper. 4to, 1/4 gilt-lettered vellum over patterned paper, spine slightly faded; top edges trimmed and gilt; lacking slipcase. number 86 of 225 copies. Verona, 1952

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This edition attempts to restore the original series of woodcuts made for the "Ninfale" by Bartolomeo di Giovanni to whom we owe the designs for most of the woodcuts to be found in Florentine illustrated books of the last decade of the 15th century.