Date:1620 - 1625 (c.)
Description:A Shakespeare source with a fine binding. The finely detailed gold tooling on Boccaccio's Decameron, in the Shakespeare Centre Library, is the work of a skilled member of the nineteenth-century London bindery of Francis Bedford, who had studied the elaborate work of contemporary French binders. This special craftsmanship was carried out for one of the volume's 19th century owners. Full title: Giovanni Boccaccio, The modell of witt, mirth, eloquence and conversation, translated by J. Florio [The Decameron, book 1], London, Printed by I. Jaggard for M. Lowndes, 1625. Bound with: Giovanni Boccaccio, The The Decameron..., translated by J. Florio, London, Printed by Isaac Jaggard, 1620.
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Donor ref:SR/OS 99.4 Italian [32,402] (32/10646)
Source: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Library
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