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Minerva, Mantone and Circes / by Giovanni Boccaccio, extracted from his De mulieribus claris ; edited and with an introduction by Rhiannon Daniels and Guyda Armstrong.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PQ4274.D5 E5 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
- Standardized Title:
- De mulieribus claris. English. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 22 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Concerning famous women
- Place of Publication:
- Oldham, England. : Incline Press, 2013.
- Notes:
- Translation of: De claris mulieribus.
- "This edition is of less than 240 copies ... fifty bound in boards" -- Colophon.
- "This edition has been produced to commemorate Boccaccio's 700th anniversary in 2013 for the international conference and exhibition Locating Boccaccio in 2013, held at the John Rylands University Library and Town Hall in Manchester ... using the text taken from the first English translation by Lord Morley ... Accompanying the text are woodcuts from two landmark early printed editions" -- p. 8-9.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 9).
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy bound in boards.
- OCLC:
- 862500981
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