The Mandrake Press 1929. Acceptable. 1929; Illustrated green flexible covers; wear and discoloration around edges; 4to9 3/4" to 12" tall; gold edges; Interior is clean and unmarked; 155 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book. The Mandrake Press unknown
<p>Greenish gold leatherette binding with gilt title on the spine. Gilt three ladies on the front board. All edges gilt.</p><p><strong>Limited to 550 copies</strong>.</p><p>English edition translated by Bartholomew Young 1587; Edited and with an introduction by K.H. Josling; Wonderful illustrations in vivid colour; a limited edition Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian author and poet a friend student and correspondent of Petrarch and important Renaissance humanist best known for the Decameron. Amorous Fiammetta or The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta describes Fiammetta's passion for Panfilo a Florentine merchant and has been described as the first psychological novel in Western literature.</p> The Mandrake Press. hardcover
London: Mandrake Press 1929. Very Good. London: Mandrake Press 1929. First Mandrake Edition Limited to 550 copies of which this is no. 265. Large quarto 29cm.; publisher's limp green gilt-embossed pictorial parchment all edges gilt; xlix1160pp.; twenty 20 leaves of full-color plates collated complete additional color vignettes at the head of each chapter. Parchment rather soiled and unevenly discolored textblock uniformly toned else a Very Good internally clean and sound copy. Mandrake Press unknown
London: The Mandrake Press 1929 . Hardback. Very Good. 12" by 9". M. Leone. A signed presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel signed by both the editor and publisher. Limited to five-hundred and fifty copies with this copy being out of series.A lovely copy of Boccaccio's novel about a Neapolitan noblewoman's passion for a Florentine merchant a work categorised as the first 'psychological novel' in Western literature due to its first person narration.Illustrated with thirty colour plates and decorations by M. Leone. Collated complete.A signed presentation copy of this work with the inscription 'to Jodie Carp from The Mandrake Press P. R. Stephensen London 1929' to the front free endpaper.Stephensen founded the publisher of this work the Mandrake Press in the year that this work was published. Stephensen was a political activist and also co-founded the fascist Australia First movement.With the further inscription of K. H. Josling the editor of this work also to the front pastedown.With the illustrated bookplate of K. W. C. Down to the front pastedown.A delightfully illustrated work. In the publisher's original dyed paper vellum binding with yapp edges. Fading to back strip and board perimeters with discolouration to fore edge and tail of front board. Bookplate to front pastedown inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good The Mandrake Press hardcover
Library of World Literature. Series 1. Volume 29. Per al. M. H. L. 1970. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book.This book may arrive later than usual because it requires extra time for processing and shipment preparation and expedited delivery is not available. Kindly let us know if you have a specific deadline or required delivery date.SKUalb6a33fefe601decac unknown
Series: Book as a Gift. Moscow Exmo. 2008. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book. SKUalbb87c53415840a50c. unknown
Moscow: Art Literature. 1988. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book.This book may arrive later than usual because it requires extra time for processing and shipment preparation and expedited delivery is not available. Kindly let us know if you have a specific deadline or required delivery date.SKUalb132563b8e62d1aa6 unknown
Illustration by Max Nikitenko. M. Ripoll classic 2007 740s. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKUalb35cdd23e83d0ecac unknown
Moscow. Art Literature. 1953. 655 You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKUalb4a92e11a82327cac unknown
<p>Boccaccio. Decameron. Translated into French Vatican Decameron. Vatican Vatican Apostolic Library MS Pal. lat. 1989. Egeria S.L. 2006. Facsimile of Giovanni Boccaccio's manuscript translated into French. The 656 pages contain over one hundred miniatures by the Master of the Cité des Dames. Full leather binding with gold titles and decorations. Without the two volumes of commentary and translation of the work into Italian. Limited and numbered edition of 2990 copies. Excellent condition.</p> Egeria S.L. hardcover
In Russian. Short description: Boccaccio Giovanni. Decameron. 1 Text / Giovanni Boccaccio; Translated by Alexander Veselovsky; With an introductory article by V.F. Shishmarev and a preface by P.S. Kogan; Title page by Alexey Ushin. - 4th edition. - Leningrad: Academia MCMXXXI 1931 Printed at ""Leningrad Pravda"" Printing House. 18x12 cm. - Treasures of World Literature. 1 Text. - 1931. - XXIX 595 p. 1 folded leaf. Portrait : ill. Treasures of World Literature Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS000935 unknown
Londres 1779. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 10 volumes complete. Engraved title in Volume I illustrated with 10 plates per volume. Contemporary quarter red leather over marbled boards gilt. Gift inscription on Volume front flyeaf from Stuyvesant LeRoy to Amos Tuck French his bookplate dated 1894. Rubbing wear some chipping to head of spines. Foxing scattered pencil marginalia. Translated by Antoine Sabatier de Castres. <br> Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian author poet and correspondent of Petrach. Boccaccio wrote a number of notable works including the Decameron and On Famous Women. As a poet who wrote in the Italian vernacular Boccaccio is particularly noted for his realistic dialogue which differed from his contemporaries. ESTC N28450 Londres hardcover
Londres 1779. Good. 12mo. 10 volumes complete. Engraved title in Volume I illustrated with 10 plates per volume. Contemporary quarter red leather over marbled boards gilt. Gift inscription on Volume front flyeaf from Stuyvesant LeRoy to Amos Tuck French his bookplate dated 1894. Rubbing wear some chipping to head of spines. Foxing scattered pencil marginalia. Translated by Antoine Sabatier de Castres. <br> Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian author poet and correspondent of Petrach. Boccaccio wrote a number of notable works including the Decameron and On Famous Women. As a poet who wrote in the Italian vernacular Boccaccio is particularly noted for his realistic dialogue which differed from his contemporaries. ESTC N28450 Londres hardcover
Aufbau-Verl. Hardcover. Das Dekameron des Giovanni Boccaccio. <br/><br/>Das Dekameron des Giovanni Boccaccio. Giovanni Boccaccio Aufbau-Verl. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : BN142380 ISBN : 3351013027 9783351013028
Leipzig : Offizin Andersen Nexö 1989. 1989. Das Dekameron des Giovanni Boccacio Übersetzung von Ruth Macchi nach der von Charles S. Singleton besorgten kritischen Ausgabe. Mit Illustrationen von Werner Klemke auch auf beiden Schubern. <br/><br/>Das Dekameron des Giovanni Boccacio Übersetzung von Ruth Macchi nach der von Charles S. Singleton besorgten kritischen Ausgabe. Mit Illustrationen von Werner Klemke auch auf beiden Schubern. Giovanni Boccaccio Leipzig : Offizin Andersen Nexö unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : BN149035 ISBN : 3910135005 9783910135000
Winkler 1979. 1979. Hardcover. Das Dekameron Mit Kupferstichen von Gravelot Boucher und Eisen Nachwort: Andreas Bauer Aus dem Italienischen von Karl Witte & Helmut Bode <br/><br/>Das Dekameron Mit Kupferstichen von Gravelot Boucher und Eisen Nachwort: Andreas Bauer Aus dem Italienischen von Karl Witte & Helmut Bode Giovanni Boccaccio Winkler hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : BN158178 ISBN : 3538055203 9783538055209
München ; Zürich : Winkler Verlag 1979. 1979. Das Dekameron. In der Übertr. von Karl Witte. Durchges. von Helmut Bode <br/><br/>Das Dekameron. In der Übertr. von Karl Witte. Durchges. von Helmut Bode Giovanni Boccaccio München ; Zürich : Winkler Verlag unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : BN252417 ISBN : 3538050201 9783538050204
Berlin: Neufeld & Henius 1924. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 8.5". Lucian Zabel. An illustrated two volume set of this important collection of short stories from Boccaccio translated into the German language. German language. Two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with colour frontispiece and nine coloured plates. Volume two is illustrated with colour frontispiece and seven coloured plates. Collated complete. A collection of one hundred tales told by a group of seven women and three men as they shelter in a secluded villa outside of Florence to attempt to escape the Black Death as it hit the city. Written in the vernacular of the Florentine language it is considered a masterpiece of early Italian prose. Written by Giovanni Boccaccio an Italian writer poet and important Renaissance humanist who is said to have dubbed Dante's Comedy "Divine." Illustrated by Lucian Zable a German artist and illustrator. In the original orange cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good Indeed Neufeld & Henius hardcover