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: 2^nd; the 1^st 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)