BOCCACCIO GIOVANNI The Modell of Wit Mirth Eloquence and Con

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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence, and Conversation. Framed in Ten Dayes, of an hundred curious Pieces, by seven Honourable Ladies, and three Noble Gentleman. Woodcut historiated borders on titles; woodcut text illustrations (many repeats). [5] (of [6], 193; [14], 134, 137-187 [i.e. 188] leaves; Volume 1 lacks initial and final blanks, Volume 2 lacks initial blank, with extraneous leaf To the Reader bound after genuine leaf To the Reader. 2 volumes. Folio, 270x176 mm, modern red morocco gilt; contents toned, occasional minor stains, Volume 1 title and 2B2-5 possibly supplied from another copy, small hole in R3 affecting several letters, Volume 2 title border cropped slightly, clean tear in blank outer margin of 2K3. London: Isaac Jaggard for Mathew Lownes, 1625; Isaac Jaggard, 1620

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First complete translation into English, in the second edition of the first volume and first edition of the second. Pforzheimer 72, 71; STC 3173, 3172.