Boccaccio, Giovanni, De casibus virorum illustrium. French. 1506?. 2°. Paris: Gillet Couteau, for Antoine Verard.

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1506
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
[De casibus virorum illustrium. French.]
[Boccace des nobles malheureux] .
[Paris]: [Colophon:] Imprime nouuellement a Paris [pr. by G. Cousteau] pour Anthoine verard, [c. 1506].
2°: a–m⁸ n⁶ o–z⁸ A⁶ B–E⁸ F⁶ G–L⁸ M¹⁰ (M10 blank); AA⁸ BB⁶ CC–EE⁸ (EE8 blank).
Printed in Paris for Antoine Verard by Gillet Cousteau with Verard’s typographical material.
The address of Verard ‘deuant la rue neufue nostre dame’ is found from 1503.
Couteau appears to use the type 105B from about 1505.
The title is supplied from the Inventaire chronologique.
Signature pattern: ‘$i’–‘$iiii’.
Catchword pattern: none.
foliation.
Types: B3 (105mm).
Initials: 15; 17×15; 26 strapwork.
Illustrations: woodcuts.
Inventaire chronologique 1506, no. 20.
Macfarlane, Verard no. 157.
[IS000620]C.15.c.1 (lacks title page)