Boccaccio, Giovanni

Laberinto d'amore. Con una epistola a messer Pino de Rossi confortatoria del medesimo autore e di nuovo corretto

      per Pietro di Nicolini da Sabio [colophon: Vinegia: per Pietro di Nicolini da Sabio, 1536]. Bound as above; spine lightly faded and front cover with two small spots. Some small, light stains in text (only); generally, a very good copy.. Small 8vo (15.5 cm; 6"). 72 ff. . A handsome copy of this well-printed Renaissance edition of Boccaccio's problematic work about a man jilted or scorned, written in the 1360s. As to the complicated nature of the content, its relation to Boccaccio's life, and its date of composition, we refer the reader to Brown University's "Decameron Web," where Dr. Guyda Armstrong writes that in it "Boccaccio demonstrates his familiarity with the canon of classical and medieval antifeminist texts, and succeeds in creating what is practically an encyclopaedia of the genre."#11; The work is now generally better known under the title Il Corbaccio, although all editions use the title found here. As one would expect with a Venetian-printed Renaissance work of literature, the text is in italic type; and this was printed early enough in the 16th century that the title-page offers a charming four-element architectural woodcut border.#11; Binding: Finely bound in 19th-century English straight-grained red morocco, with ornamental gilt border to covers, gilt-extra panelled spine, and two black leather spine labels. Board edges with a gilt roll; complex gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.