The decameron : containing an hundred pleasant nouels. Wittily discoursed, betweene seauen honourable ladies, and three noble gentlemen.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. author.; Florio, John, 1553?-1625, attributed name.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner.; McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
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The decameron : containing an hundred pleasant nouels. Wittily discoursed, betweene seauen honourable ladies, and three noble gentlemen.
Uniform title
Decamerone. English
Created/published
London : Printed by Isaac Iaggard, 1620.
Description
2 v. ([6], 127, 146-210, [2]; [14], 134, 137-187 [i.e. 188] leaves) : ill. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. author.
Florio, John, 1553?-1625, attributed name.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Florio, John, 1553?-1625, attributed name.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
Anonymous. By Giovanni Boccaccio.
Translation sometimes attributed to John Florio.
The first volume has a final errata leaf; the last leaf is blank. The second volume has a preliminary blank leaf and title page reading "The decameron .. The last fiue dayes. ..".
Signatures: A⁶ B⁶(±B1) C-V⁶ 2A⁸ 2B-2N⁶, [A]⁴ [par.]-2[par.]⁴ 3[par.]² B-2Z⁴ 3A⁶.
The last two leaves of vol. 2 are numbered 177, 187.
Vol. 1, B1 is a cancel with recto catchword "and". Variant: with cancellandum B1, recto catchword "then".
Entered to W. Jaggard 22 March [1620]
Translation sometimes attributed to John Florio.
The first volume has a final errata leaf; the last leaf is blank. The second volume has a preliminary blank leaf and title page reading "The decameron .. The last fiue dayes. ..".
Signatures: A⁶ B⁶(±B1) C-V⁶ 2A⁸ 2B-2N⁶, [A]⁴ [par.]-2[par.]⁴ 3[par.]² B-2Z⁴ 3A⁶.
The last two leaves of vol. 2 are numbered 177, 187.
Vol. 1, B1 is a cancel with recto catchword "and". Variant: with cancellandum B1, recto catchword "then".
Entered to W. Jaggard 22 March [1620]
ESTC staff note
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Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 3172
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 71
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106639
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 71
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106639
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 3172 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs405. Green goatskin bindings, edged in gilt, signed Bradstreet's. V.1: lacking blank and 2N5, the latter supplied in photostat from Huntington Library copy; t.p. inlaid. V.2: lacking blank. Stained; slightly wormholed; t.p. mounted and mended, some other leaves mended. Purchased Anderson sale, 28 May 1906, no. 108. Provenance: signatures of Frances Whitinge, 1651; Th. Brydges; W. Gregory; Joseph Heacock; and Charles Morgan; Thomas Jefferson McKee copy
Call number
STC 3172 copy 2, v.2 Bd.w. STC 3173 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs509.2. Sprinkled calf binding, signed by Riviere & son. Vol. 2 only. Lacking blank. Bernard Quaritch pencilled note. Provenance: signature of Henry Sacheverell on t.p. and last leaf; inscription: "Bowden sale 1806, in the or. binding - 4, C. Lewis 1812, 1.10"; Jonathan Boucher - Heber - S.R. Crockett copy
Call number
STC 3172 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs327. V.2 only: H2-3, R2-3, 2B1-2C4, 2X1-4 from a much later 12mo; 3[par.]1-2 misbound after 2[par.]2. Provenance: C.W. Frederickson copy.
Call number
STC 3172 copy 4
Folger-specific note
Warwick. Fragment. V.1: T5-V4 only. V.2: [A]2-4 only. Provenance: inscription of John Harrison, Warcopp Tower, Westmorland; signature of Hester Mills; bookplate of Warwick Castle library - J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps copy