1. Boccaccio, Giovanni / [Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari].

L’amorosa fiammetta di M. Giovanni Boccaccio, di Nuovo Corretta et Ristampata, con La Tavola et le Postille delle cose Piu Notabili.

Venetia, Appresso I Gioliti, 1584. 9.5 cm x 15.4 cm. 107, [1] pages including illustrated titlepage with Giolito’s printer mark and Giolito’s stunning colophon of Phoenix rising from the ashes and the Motto: “Semper eadem” (″Always the same”). Hardcover in custom – made solanderbox. Recently rebound in half-leather with marbled paper-covered-boards. The bookblock in very good condition with some minor, contemporary inkstains. Name of preowner “Exlibris Bernard Rielliae [″Bernard Reilly”] in contemporary ink (16th or 17th century entry). Small lesion to titlepage and first three pages only. Very faint, faded dampstain to the outer margins of a few pages.

2. [Grazzini, Antonfrancesco] Rodini, Robert J.

Antonfrancesco Grazzini – Poet, Dramatist, and Novelliere 1503-1584.

Milwaukee / London, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1970. 15 cm x 22 cm. XV, 242 pages. Some black and white plates grouped in centre pages of the book. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine sunned. Minor foxing to top and fore edge only. Internal pages clean and bright.

3. Panofsky, Erwin.

Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art.

London, Paladin / Granada Publishing Ltd., 1970. 13.5 x 19.5cm. (20), 242 pages, with 120 page appendix of illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text underlinings and annotations. Inscribed with previous owner’s name.

4. [Perugino, Pietro] Gnoli, Umberto.

Pietro Perugino. No. 254 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies printed.

Spoleto, Claudio Argentieri, Edizioni d’Arte, 1923. 24 cm x 32.2 cm. Portrait frontispiece (with tissue guard), 80 pages. 51 beautiful monochrome images on plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Discreet price stamp to back board. Spine missing. Bookblock intact. Interior is bright and clean. Inscribed by the author Umberto Gnoli on the titlepage: “A Mrs. Will. Gordon, cordialement, a l’auteur – 1928”.