Boccaccio on Poetry: Being the Preface and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Books of Boccaccio's *Genealogia Deorum Gentilium* in an English Version with Introductory Essay and Commentary - OSGOOD, Charles G. (Gardner, John C.)

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OSGOOD, Charles G. (Gardner, John C.)

Boccaccio on Poetry: Being the Preface and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Books of Boccaccio's *Genealogia Deorum Gentilium* in an English Version with Introductory Essay and Commentary

New York: Liberal Arts Press (1956).

$300.00

Reprint, but the first edition by this press. Ex-library copy (but indicated by the library as Gardner's copy, apparently for teaching purposes), stains to front wrap, a good plus copy in wrappers. Author John C. Gardner's copy with his ownership signature, and some markings and marginalia in his hand in the text. Gardner is best known for his novels which include Grendel, Nickel Mountain, October Light, and The Sunlight Dialogues. From a group of books purchased from his former wife.

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