Nimfale fiesolano [sic],: nel quale si contiene l'innamoramento di Affrico e Mensola
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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About This Item
Londra [but Paris]: Gian Claudio Molini, 1778. Very Good. iv, 160 pages, and engraved title page (after Marillier). In mottled calf, rebacked in the twentieth century with original spine. Gilt triple fillets on both boards; remains of gilt decoration on spine. Gilt turn-ins, endleaves marbled in spirals. Gilt edges. Nice edition. Gamba, 227
Boccaccio wrote this pastoral tale in the mid 1340s, just as he began work on the Decameron (where it would not have been out of place.) A young shepherd, unseen, spies a group of naked nymphs bathing at the pool, and falls in love with one of them. The plot includes a series of missed opportunities, mistaken identities, appeals to Venus (goddess of love), and plenty of nude bathing scenes. The text is based on the edition published in Florence, 1568, with corrections.
Boccaccio wrote this pastoral tale in the mid 1340s, just as he began work on the Decameron (where it would not have been out of place.) A young shepherd, unseen, spies a group of naked nymphs bathing at the pool, and falls in love with one of them. The plot includes a series of missed opportunities, mistaken identities, appeals to Venus (goddess of love), and plenty of nude bathing scenes. The text is based on the edition published in Florence, 1568, with corrections.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6056
- Title
- Nimfale fiesolano [sic],
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gian Claudio Molini
- Place of Publication
- Londra [but Paris]
- Date Published
- 1778
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ninfale fiesolano Nymph of Fiesole Humanism Nudity Naked
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