1585 Boccaccio Genealogy of the GODS Roman Mythology Betussi Italian Venice

“Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy”

― Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio was a 14^th-century Italian poet and important humanist during the Renaissance. In 1360, Boccaccio composed ‘Genealogia Deorum Gentilium’ (‘Genealogy of the Gods’) – an important reference work on classical mythology. According to Malcom Bull,

“Boccaccio does his best to make sense of the complex genealogy of the gods. No subsequent mythographer followed his method of organizing material, yet Boccaccio's Genealogia retained its prestige and was to remain the most important mythological manual until the late sixteenth century.” (Bull, 22)

Giuseppi Betussi was a highly important and influential 16^th-century humanist and translator who was best known for his editions of Boccaccio Latin’s works into Italian. This 1585 edition was published in Venice, bound in original vellum!

Item number: #23083

Price: $995

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

Della geneologia de gli dei

In Venetia: Appresso la compagnia di gli Uniti, 1585.

Details:

·       Collation: Complete with all leaves

o   [40], 268 leaves

·       References: Bull, Mirror of the Gods; USTC 814897

·       Language: Italian

·       Binding: Vellum; tight and secure

·       Size: ~8in X 6in (20.5cm x 15cm)

·       rare and desirable

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