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LIBRARY

SELECTED

OF ITALIAN WORKS

ANCIENT AND MODERN

BOCCACCIO

ON FAMOUS WOMEN

original: "De Claris Mulieribus"
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) was a central figure of the Italian Renaissance. While he is most famous for the Decameron, this work—On Famous Women—was groundbreaking as the first collection in Western literature devoted entirely to biographies of women, drawing from both historical and mythological sources.

Selected Libraryoriginal: "Biblioteca Scelta di Opere Italiane Antiche e Moderne"
This refers to the "Selected Library of Ancient and Modern Italian Works," a prominent 19th-century book series that sought to make classic and contemporary literature accessible to a broad Italian reading public.

original: "Digitized by Google"
This is a modern digital watermark indicating that this physical copy was preserved and scanned as part of Google’s initiative to digitize library collections.