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(1547). BOCCACE (Giovanni). DELLA GENEALOGIA DE GLI DEI LIBRI QUINDECI. Venice, Comino da Trino, 1547. In-4° of [8]-286-[18] leaves, stiff vellum (contemporary binding). Second edition of the translation by Giuseppe Betussi (1520-1575), first published in Venice in 1545. Born in Bassano, a close friend of Pierre Aretin and translator of Boccaccio, he went on to manage Giolito's printing works in Venice. This "Genealogy of the Gods" is divided into 15 books and contains the entire mythological system of the ancients. It deals with gods, goddesses, genies, demigods and heroes, who are said to be the children of the gods. The last 2 books contain the definition of poetry, its origin and its usefulness. Boccaccio worked on them for over twenty-five years. Copy a little out of its binding, small repair to the title and last introductory leaf with a hole, wetness on the first few leaves (USTC, 814826, 11 ex.).

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(1547). BOCCACE (Giovanni). DELLA GENEALOGIA DE GLI DEI LIBRI QUINDECI. Venice, Comino da Trino, 1547. In-4° of [8]-286-[18] leaves, stiff vellum (contemporary binding). Second edition of the translation by Giuseppe Betussi (1520-1575), first published in Venice in 1545. Born in Bassano, a close friend of Pierre Aretin and translator of Boccaccio, he went on to manage Giolito's printing works in Venice. This "Genealogy of the Gods" is divided into 15 books and contains the entire mythological system of the ancients. It deals with gods, goddesses, genies, demigods and heroes, who are said to be the children of the gods. The last 2 books contain the definition of poetry, its origin and its usefulness. Boccaccio worked on them for over twenty-five years. Copy a little out of its binding, small repair to the title and last introductory leaf with a hole, wetness on the first few leaves (USTC, 814826, 11 ex.).

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