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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. Il Corbaccio. Edited by Jacopo Corbinelli. [16], 173 [i. e., 175], [1] pages. 8vo, early 19th-century russia gilt with Wodhull arms on front cover, joints worn; contents browned, early signature on title. Paris: Frédéric Morel, 1569
Notoriously misogynistic work of prose fiction first published in 1516 as Laberinto d'Amore, in which the narrator is cured of his love for a widow by a dream encounter with the soul of her husband, "who pitilessly exposes the wiles and faults of women in general and of the widow in particular" (OCIL). Gamba 205. From the library of the poet, translator, and bibliophile Michael Wodhull (1740-1816).
