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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. La Geneologia [sic] de gli Dei. Italian translation by Giovanni Betussi. Full-page woodcut genealogical tree on A5v. [8], 263, [1] leaves, including final blank. 4to, 204x148 mm, contemporary limp vellum, spine darkened, missing portion at top, book block loose in binding; intermittent browning, title soiled, with old owners' signatures. 18th(?)-century owner's partly oxidized calligraphic and penwork title in ink on front flyleaf. Venice: Giovanni Antonio Bertano, 1574
Later edition of Betussi's 1545 translation, the first into Italian. Boccaccio's mythological encyclopedia was first published in 1472 in Latin. Wilkins, page 111.
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