OFFICINA BODONI.

The Nymphs of Fiesole.

By Giovanni Boccaccio with the Woodcuts made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a Lost Quattrocento Edition, which were used to illustrate Various Later Texts and have now been Reassembled and Recut. 23 woodcuts re-cut by Fritz Kredel & one facsimile. Large 8vo, orig. vellum-backed paste-paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, slipcase. Verona: 1952. Limited to 225 numbered copies, printed on Fabriano hand-made paper using Griffo and Bembo types. The present edition represents an attempt to restore the original series of woodcuts made for the Ninfale by Bartolomeo di Giovanni, to whom, as is explained in the Postscript, we probably owe the designs for most of the woodcuts to be found in Florentine illustrated books of the last decade of the fifteenth century. The Ninfale woodcuts are among the most beautiful produced before 1500 and have an inimitable charm of their own. They have been recut on wood in a masterly manner by Fritz Kredel. Fine copy. One of the most important and desirable books from this Press. The slipcase is a little defective. Schmoller 102.

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