- Publication Year
- 1550
- Aquisition Year
- 2009-2010
- Author
- Girolamo Parabosco
- Acquired From
- Venezia: Giovanni Griffio
Best-selling collection of short stories set in similar form to the Decameron; a group of friends spend three days in a villa outside Venice and amuse themselves by telling tales and reciting verses.
Parabosco was a multi-faceted figure who was a poet, playwright, and composer; twelve of his madrigals were sung during the third day of the party described here.
This is a rare [undated] first edition.
Links
http://onesearch.library.nd.edu/NDU:ndu_aleph002195578Labels
- 19th-21th c. editions
- Translations