Contes et nouvelles de Bocace florentin : traduction libre, accommodée au gout de ce temps, & enrichie de figures en taille-douce gravées par Mr. Romain de Hooge
Dimensions
2 volumes: illustrations, etchings; Height: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Department
The Libraries
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2008
Accession Number
PQ4272.F5 A34 1697
Art Historical Context
This 1697 two-volume edition presents Giovanni Boccaccio’s celebrated *Decameron*—here titled *Contes et nouvelles de Bocace florentin*—in a lively French translation adapted to contemporary tastes. Originally written in the mid-fourteenth century, the hundred tales offered Renaissance readers both entertainment and moral reflection; by the late seventeenth century they continued to circulate widely in illustrated editions that made the stories accessible to new audiences across Europe. The volumes are enriched by etchings from the Dutch master Romeyn de Hooghe, whose energetic baroque style ...
About the Artist
Kleihnans|Giovanni Boccaccio|Romeyn de Hooghe|George Gallet ( |Italian|Dutch|Netherlandish) · 0 |1313 |1645 | –0 |1375 |1708 |
|Italian, Paris 1313–1375 Certaldo, Tuscany|Dutch, Amsterdam 1645–1708 Haarlem|