TheDecameronwasamongtheearliestofprintedbooks, Veniceleadingthewaywithafolioeditionin1471, Mantuafollowingsuitin1472, , adorned, withmostgracefulwood- engravings, , theRomanCuriasparedthebook, "vanities" burnedbySavonarolainthePiazzadellaSignoriaonthelastdayoftheCarnivalof1497, littlemorethanayearbeforehewashimselfburnedthere,issointrinsicallyprobable—andaccordssowellwiththeextremepaucityofearlycopiesofthework—, excepttoscholars, itlongremainedinEngland,analmostentirelyclosedbook.[2]IndeedthefirstnominallycompleteEnglishtranslation, asadlymutilatedandgarbledrenderingoftheFrenchversionbyAntoineLeMacon, didnotappeartill1620, andthoughsuccessiveredactionsbroughtitnearertotheoriginal, , however, ourforefatherswereperforcefaintobecontentwithit.
; buthiswork, printedfortheVillonSocietyin1886, wasonlyforprivatecirculation, , andtosecureasmuchfreedomandspiritasiscompatiblewithsubstantialaccuracy.
[1] Astothepalacesinwhichthesceneislaid, Manni (IstoriadelDecamerone, .) identifiesthefirstwithavillnearFiesole, whichcanbenootherthantheVillaPalmieri,andthesecond (.) withthePoderedellaFonte,orso-calledVilladelBoccaccio, 'stheory, (FlorentineVillas,1901), thattheVilladiPoggioGherardiwasthefirst, andtheVillaPalmierithesecond, retreatisnottobereconciledwithBoccaccio', norisit, asthatissaidtohavebeen, situateonalowhillamidaplain, , whohadseenmanyaluxuriousvilla, freelycombinedhisexperiencesinthedescriptionofhispalacesandpleasaunces, andneverexpectedtobetakenaupieddelalettre.
[2] NeverthelessShakespearederivedindirectlytheplotofAll'sWellthatEndsWellfromtheNinthNoveloftheThirdDay, andanelementintheplotofCymbelinefromtheNinthNoveloftheSecondDay.
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