Italian literature. Two works of BOCCACCIO. Lot n° 22

BOCCACCIO, John. Laberinto d'amore. Venetia, F. and A. Zoppini, 1584 16mo, 142x74 mm, half-leather and hardback binding. Title in gold on gusset at spine. Typographic mark on title page. Ornate capilettera. Tear to lower margin of title page. Moisture veiling to upper margin of volume. Good copy. Fine Venetian edition issued from the Zoppino printing house. Boccaccio's last work, Il Labirinto d'Amore, is a controversial 14th-century work of the "anti-feminist" movement, although it can simply be seen as Boccaccio's bitter reaction of old age in his inability to find love. The work is written in the vernacular, following the rhyme scheme in Boccaccio's mature years. Bound with/Bound with: BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Love dialogue of m. Giouanni Boccaccio. Interlocutors. Mr. Alcibiades, and Philaterio giouane. Translated from Latin into the vernacular, by m. Angelo Ambrosini. Opera degna, e bella.Venetia, F. and A. Zoppini, 1584 16mo, 142x74 mm, half-leather and hardback binding. Title in gold on gusset at spine. Ornate capilettera. Publisher's mark Haloed woman, Truth, with outstretched arms, seated between a lion and eagle on the right and a bull and angel on the left; Good specimen. Beautiful and rare Venetian edition issued from the Zoppino printing house. 16mo, 142x74 mm, quarter calf binding. Gilt title on label on back. Printer's device on titlepage. Orned initials. Little tear on th elower margin of titlepage. Sign of humidity on the top margin of volume. Good copy. Beautiful Venetian edition from the Zoppino printing house. Boccaccio's latest work, Il Labirinto d'Amore, is a controversial 14th-century work of the "anti-feminist" movement, although it can simply be seen as Boccaccio's old age reaction in the inability to find love. The work is written in the vernacular, following the rhyming pattern in Boccaccio's maturity years. Bound with: BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Love dialogue of m. Giouanni Boccaccio. Interlocutors. Mr. Alcibiades, and Filaterio giouane. Translated from Latin into the vernacular, by m. Angelo Ambrosini. Opera degna, e bella.Venetia, F. and A. Zoppini, 1584 Printer's device on titlepage. Good copy. Beautiful and rare Venetian edition from the Zoppino printing house.