Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
4,186 editions published between 1000 and 2011 in 54 languages and held by 4,562 libraries worldwide
A new translation of the fourteenth-century tales recounted by young citizens of Florence who have fled the city to escape the plague.

Famous women by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
224 editions published between 1425 and 2005 in 15 languages and held by 1,303 libraries worldwide
"The more than 100 women whose life stories make up this volume range from the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological figures to Renaissance contemporaries of its author, the master storyteller Giovanni Boccaccio. The first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women, Famous Women affords a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential. Virginia Brown's acclaimed translation, commissioned for The I Tatti Renaissance Library, is the first English edition based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
106 editions published between 1884 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,128 libraries worldwide

Amorous Fiammetta by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
296 editions published between 1472 and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 1,026 libraries worldwide
Une jeune femme mariée de la noblesse napolitaine tombe soudainement amoureuse d'un jeune noble florentin de passage à Naples. Les deux amants se donnent comme surnoms Pamphile et Fiammetta, qui signifie petite flamme. Séparés pour des raisons familiales, Fiammetta apprend que son amant s'est marié. Boccace (1313-1375) a sans doute transposé ici les affres de sa propre liaison tumultueuse.

The nymph of Fiesole (Il ninfale fiesolano) by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
112 editions published between 1477 and 2005 in 7 languages and held by 866 libraries worldwide
First Italian idyll, possibly composed between 1344 and 1346, in ottava rima, recounting Africo's love for the nymph Mensola.

The corbaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
105 editions published between 1487 and 1993 in 8 languages and held by 826 libraries worldwide
Ms. copy of Boccaccio's "Il Corbaccio."

Life of Dante by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
174 editions published between 1544 and 2009 in 14 languages and held by 703 libraries worldwide
"Boccaccio, with his unquenchable interest in the lives of great men, was a fervent admirer of Dante, both in terms of his life and his work. As such, he embarked upon writing this short piece as a vindication of the merits of his illustrious fellow-citizen. Yet far from being simply an account of the misfortunes that befell the great Florentine exile, the resulting Life of Dante also gives precious insight into Boccaccio's own ideas on a wide variety of issues including poetry, literature, women and society." --Book Jacket.

The fates of illustrious men by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
179 editions published between 1430 and 1994 in 12 languages and held by 689 libraries worldwide
John Lydgate's poetical version, in English, of Boccaccio's De casibus virorum illustrium. 10 leaves lacking from codex: 3 initial leaves, resulting in loss of Prologue (ll. 1-469); 4 leaves between fol. 22 and 23 (Bk I, ll. 4201-4872); 2 leaves between fol. 51 and 52 (Bk. II, ll. 2682-3017); 1 leaf between fol. 205 and 206 (Bk. IX, ll. 3113-3286). Outer half of last leaf, fol. 206, torn away irregularly, resulting in whole or partial loss of closing lines of text (Bk. X, ll. 3605-3618, 3621-3628); and nearly complete loss of Grenacres Envoy. Textual references are to Bergen's edition of 1923-7.

Concerning famous women by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
11 editions published between 1963 and 2011 in English and held by 657 libraries worldwide
"This first collection of biographies exclusively of women, both mythological and historical, was written by Giovanni Boccaccio, author to the "Decameron," between 1361 and 1362. It includes 106 biographies ranging from Eve to Boccaccio's contemporary, Queen Giovanna I of Naples"--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen most pleasant and delectable questions of love, entitled A disport of diverse noble personages by Giovanni Boccaccio ( Book )
169 editions published between 1456 and 2004 in 9 languages and held by 643 libraries worldwide
Prose romance in five books on the loves and adventures of Florio and Biancofiore copied by Angelo Blasi.