The decameron : containing an hundred pleasant nouels : wittily discoursed, betweene seauen honourable ladies, and three noble gentlemen.

The decameron : containing an hundred pleasant nouels : wittily discoursed, betweene seauen honourable ladies, and three noble gentlemen.

Decamerone. English

London : Printed by Isaac Iaggard, 1620.

2 volumes : illustrations ; (folio)

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: v. 1. A⁶ B⁶(±B1) C-V⁶ 2A⁸ 2B-2N⁶; N6 blank -- v. 2. [A]⁴ [par.]-2[par.]⁴ 3[par.]² B-2Z⁴ 3A⁶; A1 blank.

Pagination: v. 1. [6], 127, 146-210, [2] leaves -- v. 2. [14], 134, 137-187 [i.e. 188] leaves.

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]

Signatures from DFo.

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

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 3172 copy 1

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

STC 3172 copy 2, v.2 Bd.w. STC 3173 copy 1

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

STC 3172 copy 3

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.

STC 3172 copy 4

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