17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 425
 

425

Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone

Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone to include: Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone, Venice: Gabriel Giolito, 1550, 16mo, later full calf, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, woodcut device to title, historiated initials, woodcut oval vignette of Boccaccio, each day of the book (from second day) with woodcut vignette, appended with woodcut printers device, table; Le Decameron de M. Iean Bocace Florentin, traduit d'Italien en Francois par M. Antoine le Macon, Amsterdam: Cornille Claesz, 1597, 16mo, full calf, bookplate for Lord Sandys, device to title, woodcut portrait of Boccaccio verso, each day of the book with woodcut vignette; Il Decamerone di .... Nuovamento Corretto, London: n.p., 1727, 12mo, two volumes, full calf, volume one annotated to free front endpapers 'p. 141-2 of the second vol. is put into this vol & that of this volume is wanting' following ink transcription of the missing pages; Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone, London: John Nourse, 1762, 4to, full calf, engraved frontispiece, bookplate for Lord Sandys (5)

Provenance:

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

THE OMBERSLEY COURT LIBRARY

Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.

Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).

Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.

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Sold for £400


 

Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone to include: Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone, Venice: Gabriel Giolito, 1550, 16mo, later full calf, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, woodcut device to title, historiated initials, woodcut oval vignette of Boccaccio, each day of the book (from second day) with woodcut vignette, appended with woodcut printers device, table; Le Decameron de M. Iean Bocace Florentin, traduit d'Italien en Francois par M. Antoine le Macon, Amsterdam: Cornille Claesz, 1597, 16mo, full calf, bookplate for Lord Sandys, device to title, woodcut portrait of Boccaccio verso, each day of the book with woodcut vignette; Il Decamerone di .... Nuovamento Corretto, London: n.p., 1727, 12mo, two volumes, full calf, volume one annotated to free front endpapers 'p. 141-2 of the second vol. is put into this vol & that of this volume is wanting' following ink transcription of the missing pages; Boccaccio (Giovanni) Il Decamerone, London: John Nourse, 1762, 4to, full calf, engraved frontispiece, bookplate for Lord Sandys (5)

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire


THE OMBERSLEY COURT LIBRARY

Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.

Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).

Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.

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Auction: The September Auctions 2024, 17th Sep, 2024

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