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AMOROUS FIAMMETTA



THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS FROM A BOOK
PRODUCED ORIGINALLY IN 1343 ITALY AND WAS TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH IN 1587.
TITLED 'AMOUROUS FIAMMATTA' BY GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, IT NARRATES A RENAISSANCE
STORY OF LOVE AND INFIDELITY BETWEEN THE WRITER AND LADY LUCCIA OF FLORENCE AND
HOW THE LOVE BETWEEN BOCCACCIA AND FIAMMETTA WAS STRAINED BY THIS RELATIONSHIP.
THE IMAGES ARE WELL CONCIEVED AND COMPLEX. FINISHED IN A TYPICAL
ART DECO STYLE, M. LEONE CAPTURED THE PASSION AND TORTURE OF LOVE LOST.
THIS IS EDITION 324 OF 550 COPIES PRINTED IN 1929.
THESE PRINTS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION AND ARE
SIZED AT APPROXIMATELY 8" X 11". EACH IS PRICED AT $85.


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