[Rarebooks] FS: Boccaccio's "Della Geneologia..." Venice: 1585

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Boccaccio, Giovanni. DELLA GENEOLOGIA DE GLI DEI. Libri Quindeci... Tradotta 
Gia per M. Gioseppe Betussi. Et Hora di Nuovo con Ogni Diligenza Revista & 
Corretta. Aggiuntavi la Vita di M. Giovanni Boccaccio... Venice: La Compagnia de 
gli Uniti. 1585. 4to. ff.(20),268. Woodcut device on title. Cont. vellum. 
Small hole in blank part of title due to old ink erosion.     $650.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
The 15 books of Boccaccio’s GENEALOGIAE DEORUM GENTILIUM (original Latin 
title) bring together his 40 years of study of the myths, heroes, and epic 
achievements of antiquity. The final 2 books present an important defense of poetry. 
Adams B2176. Not in the BL.

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