Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Title:
Theodore & Honoria : a translation from Boccaccio / by John Dryden ; illustrated by Carol Walklin.
Alternate Title(s):
Theodore and Honoria
Published / Created:
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Libanus Press, 1985.
Physical Description:
[23] p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3420 T48 1985+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
British Art Center has copy no. [40], bound in quarter leather.

A free rendering into heroic verse of the story found in giornata V, novella 8 of Boccaccio's Decameron. First published (as Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace) in 1700 as a section of Dryden's Fables ancient and modern.

"Limited to three hundred copies ...; copies 1-50 are bound in quarter leather & copies 51 to 270 in linen and board by Smith Settle; 30 sets of sheets, 271 to 300, complete the edition"--Colophon.
Subject Terms:
Settle, Smith -- Bookbinder. | Libanus Press -- Publisher. | Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1985.
Contributors:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313–1375. | Walklin, Carol. | Libanus Press.