326. Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Modell of Wit, Eloquence and Conversation, together with, The Decameron, 2 vol., in 1, vol.I second edition in English , vol.II first edition in English, bound without the initial blank in vol.I, but present in vol.II, wood-block titles as called for, a small amount of contemporary ink annotation, some damp-staining to the fore-edges of the first 20 leaves, worming to the bottom of Mm3 through Tt3 towards the gutter, faint armorial stamp to the front paste-down, contemporary dark brown calf rebacked with the original spine laid-down, lettered in gilt, [Pforzheimer 72, 71], sm.folio, 1625, 1620.
est. £3800 – £4200
“No complementary edition of the second volume was published. Possibly because, when the present was called for, Jaggard was still able to supply copies of the first edition.”(Pforzheimer).