{"id":89543,"date":"2026-03-10T11:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/boccaccio-giovanni-de-mulieribus-claris\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:45:44","slug":"boccaccio-giovanni-de-mulieribus-claris","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/boccaccio-giovanni-de-mulieribus-claris\/","title":{"rendered":"BOCCACCIO Giovanni De mulieribus claris."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-variant:small-caps\">First edition in Italian translated by Vincenzo Bagli, of the first work devoted exclusively to illustrious women. Illustrated with 105 beautiful woodcuts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">This beautiful Venetian edition is illustrated with a large title vignette (113 x 95 mm) depicting the triumph of famous women, with Lucretia at the head of a chariot drawn by two griffins, and 104 woodcuts (60 x 73 mm) of female portraits, full-length, some with their attributes. 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Dyson Perrins, 1914.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&#8220;La plupart des figures sont tir\u00e9es avec deux blocs, l&#8217;un contenant le corps du personnage \u00e0 partir des \u00e9paules, l&#8217;autre superpos\u00e9 au premier, et contenant la t\u00eate et l&#8217;attache du buste; de telle sorte que le m\u00eame bloc, par l&#8217;adaptation d&#8217;une t\u00eate ou d&#8217;une autre, sert \u00e0 repr\u00e9senter diff\u00e9rentes femmes.&#8217; (Essling)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">A few rare foxing spots and stains; trimmed a little short at the top.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Provenance : Ing. Roberto Almagia (1884-1962), Geographer and lecturer at the University of Rome from 1915 to 1959 (book plate).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">4to (202 x 144 mm) of 154 leaves (A<sup>6<\/sup>, B<sup>8<\/sup>-T<sup>8<\/sup>, V<sup>4<\/sup>). 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