BOCCACE. Il Decameron, di nuovo ristampato, e riscontrato in Firenze con testi antichi, & alla sua vera lezione ridotto dal Cavalier Lionardo Salviati. Florence, Filippo & Jacopo Giunti, 1582. Small in-4, marbled calf, ornate spine, interior roulette, marbled edges (Modern binding). This celebrated edition of Boccaccio's masterpiece was prepared by the Florentine humanist Leonardo Salviati (1539-1589), one of the founders of the Academia della Crusca, at the request of Francis I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It is printed in italics and decorated with handsome historiated lettering. This copy is enriched with a letter addressed to the Royal Archaeological Institute from the 1870s praising the rarity of the edition. Angular loss to an appendix leaf. Adams, B-2158 - Brunet, I, 1002 - Gamba, n°59 - CNCE, 6372.