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Author: Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, 1313–1375)
Illustrated by: Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645–1708)
Printer: George Gallet (17th century)
Engraver: Demautort (French, active in 1768)
Illustrated by: Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645–1708)
Printer: George Gallet (17th century)
Engraver: Demautort (French, active in 1768)
1697
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 101 etchings, and extra-illustrated portrait
Dimensions
Overall (each vol.): 15.8 x 10.5 x 3 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1567a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1697
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet I, 1006-1007; Landwehr, de Hooghe, 88
Description(Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1697) Octavo, 2 vols.; (v. 1) 195 leaves, (v. 2) 220 leaves; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped red morocco (Chambolle-Duru, 1864)
Allegorical frontispiece; illustrations to Boccaccio's tales. First edition with these illustrations. This copy extra-illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved by Demautort, 1768.
Allegorical frontispiece; illustrations to Boccaccio's tales. First edition with these illustrations. This copy extra-illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved by Demautort, 1768.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1904 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.