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Boccaccio, Giovanni:
Decamerone

ISTC No.ib00726500
AuthorBoccaccio, Giovanni
TitleDecamerone
Imprint[Florence : Apud Sanctum Jacobum de Ripoli, 13 May 1483]
Formatf°
Notes'Il centonovelle' is recorded as completed on 13 May 1483 in the Ripoli Diario. Neil Harris in Rhodes(Festschrift) p.324 gives the format as folio, not quarto, and the number of leaves as 302, not 308, as found in the catalogues.
The edition was commissioned by Giovanni di Nato on behalf of Piero Pacini da Pescia.
An earlier note recorded the beginning of the operation on 20 April 1482: "Ricordo che a di 20 daprile 1482 si comincio il cento novelle a stampare" (p. 228, Conway)
Language of itemita
Reference worksH: Hain, Ludwig. Repertorium Bibliographicum in quo libri omnes ab arte typographica inventa usque ad annum MD. typis expressi ordine alphabetico vel simpliciter enumerantur vel adcuratius recensentur. 2 vols. Stuttgartiae, Lutetiae, 1826-38. 3271
Pell: Pellechet, Marie [and M.L. Polain]. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France. 3 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (Reproduced from the copy of the original edition (Paris, 1897-1909) annotated by Polain). 2437
IGI: Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d’Italia. Compilato da T.M. Guarnaschelli e E. Valenziani [et al.]. 6 vols. Roma, 1943-81. 1775
GW: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Bd. I [etc.] Stuttgart, etc., 1968- [in progress]. (Vols. 1-7 reproduced with additions and corrections from the original edition (Leipzig, etc., 1925-38)). [See also GW Manuskript - GW M: http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de] 4447
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Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze, Firenze (BEIC)
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2010. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 89 - Printing in Florence Part IV, FL 346

Holdings

ItalyFirenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Pal. E.6.7.12, imperfect ff. (2-4)8, a1, I1-8, S8 copied by hand from a facsimile)
Roma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (51.C.17, imperfect)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandManchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (18201)
Number of holding institutions3
Last Edit2021-03-26 09:20:10
 

Boccaccio, Giovanni:
Decamerone

ISTC No.ib00726500
AuthorBoccaccio, Giovanni
TitleDecamerone
Imprint[Florence : Apud Sanctum Jacobum de Ripoli, 13 May 1483]
Formatf°
Notes'Il centonovelle' is recorded as completed on 13 May 1483 in the Ripoli Diario. Neil Harris in Rhodes(Festschrift) p.324 gives the format as folio, not quarto, and the number of leaves as 302, not 308, as found in the catalogues.
The edition was commissioned by Giovanni di Nato on behalf of Piero Pacini da Pescia.
An earlier note recorded the beginning of the operation on 20 April 1482: "Ricordo che a di 20 daprile 1482 si comincio il cento novelle a stampare" (p. 228, Conway)
Language of itemita
Reference worksH: Hain, Ludwig. Repertorium Bibliographicum in quo libri omnes ab arte typographica inventa usque ad annum MD. typis expressi ordine alphabetico vel simpliciter enumerantur vel adcuratius recensentur. 2 vols. Stuttgartiae, Lutetiae, 1826-38. 3271
Pell: Pellechet, Marie [and M.L. Polain]. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France. 3 vols. Nendeln, 1970. (Reproduced from the copy of the original edition (Paris, 1897-1909) annotated by Polain). 2437
IGI: Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d’Italia. Compilato da T.M. Guarnaschelli e E. Valenziani [et al.]. 6 vols. Roma, 1943-81. 1775
GW: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Bd. I [etc.] Stuttgart, etc., 1968- [in progress]. (Vols. 1-7 reproduced with additions and corrections from the original edition (Leipzig, etc., 1925-38)). [See also GW Manuskript - GW M: http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de] 4447
show abbreviated references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze, Firenze (BEIC)
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2010. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 89 - Printing in Florence Part IV, FL 346

Holdings

ItalyFirenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Pal. E.6.7.12, imperfect ff. (2-4)8, a1, I1-8, S8 copied by hand from a facsimile)
Roma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (51.C.17, imperfect)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandManchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (18201)
Number of holding institutions3
Last Edit2021-03-26 09:20:10