Ioannis Boccatii de Certaldo insigne opus De claris mulieribus

Honest Reader, we offer you the illustrious work of Ioannes Boccaccio, On Famous Women, in which those who excelled in both virtue and vice are reviewed. Here you will learn what outcomes follow from honest and depraved pursuits alike. Whatever is woven into poetic fables regarding women is here delivered clearly, so that you may easily gather where the fable took its origin, and what rhetorical artifice was subsequently added by the poet. All these things are delivered in good faith, concise and elegant, and because of the variety of the history and the deeds performed, they are convenient and useful to read. Once you have perused the work, you will swear that you would rather pay ten times the price than lack such a treasure. Buy it, enjoy it, and you will find that I have spoken the truth. Farewell.

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