Title-page: DELLE | NOVELLE ITALIANE | IN PROSA | BIBLIOGRAFIA | DI | BARTOLOMMEO GAMBA | BASSANESE | EDIZIONE SECONDA | CON CORREZIONI ED AGGIUNTE | {publisher’s device} | FIRENZE | TIPOGRAFIA ALL’INSEGNA DI Dante | M.DCCC.XXXV. ||
Collation: 8vo; π8 1-198; an extra leaf between 18 and 19 (189, pp. 289-10, errata), leaf 11 unsigned, leaf 12 signed 11. Total 161 leaves plus 6 leaves of plates extraneous to collation;
Plates (copperplate engravings): (1) Giovanni Boccaccio, (2) Angelo Firezuola (i.e. Agnolo Firenzuola), (3) Lorenzo Magalotti, (4) Gasparo Gozzi, and (5) Michele Colombo by Marco Comirato, and (6) Franco Sacchetti by Francesco Bosa.
Pagination: [i-iii] iv-xv [xvi] [1-3] 4-290, index [16], total 322 pages plus 6 plates, unpaginated.
Binding: 22.4 x 15 cm, modern brown half-morocco over green sprinkled boards, red label with gilt lettering, publisher’s yellow wrappers preserved.
Edition: 2nd; the 1st edition was published in 1833.
Contributors:
Bartolommeo Gamba (Italian, 1766 – 1841) – author, complier.
Marco Comirato (Italian, c. 1800 – 1869) – engraver.
Francesco Bosa (Italian, ? – ?) – engraver.
Sitters:
Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, 1313 –1375)
Franco Sacchetti (Italian, c. 1335 – c. 1400)
Agnolo Firenzuola] (Italian, 1493 – 1543)
Lorenzo Magalotti (Italian, 1637 – 1712)
Gasparo Gozzi (Italian, 1713 – 1786)
Michele Colombo (Italian, 1747 – 1838)
