Domenico Maria Manni

scritta da Domenico Maria Manni accademico fiorentino, In Firenze, Si vende da Antonio Ristori dirimpetto alla Posta, 1742. In-4°. XXX, 672 [i.e. 678], [2] p., 2 engraved plates, 1 of which is folded (Boccaccio's house and the poet's epitaph, which tradition says was pronounced by the poet himself on his deathbed). On the frontispiece, a chalcographic portrait of Boccaccio; on the back, a woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee, Andrea Gerini. Figured initials, friezes and some woodcut seals. Half parchment binding with gold decorations and title on the spine. Fresh interior.
Added: Vita di Giovanni Boccacci scritta dal conte Gio. Batista Baldelli socio delle RR. Accademie Fiorentina, e dei Georgofili di Firenze, Firenze, Appresso Carli Ciardetti e comp., 1806. In-8° (220x150 mm). LII, 392 p., 5 plates, including a portrait on the frontispiece engraved by G. Calendi after a painting by Bronzino. Defects, foxing, redness, and small tears.

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A refined biography of Boccaccio, the most documented ever published, which expanded and corrected similar works previously compiled by Girolamo Squarciafico, Giannozzo Manetti and Filippo Villani.
On the front flyleaf, an envelope containing two cards containing contemporary "reviews" of the work