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The Decameron or Ten Days Entertainment of Boccaccio
1822ref. 947Q7London: William Sharp and Son 1822 . Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A decoratively bound new edition of Boccaccio's Decameron translated from the original Italian complete in four volumes. New edition. Complete in four volumes. Elegantly bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt detailing. An English translation of this important piece of early Italian literature written by Italian poet author and Renaissance humanist Giovanni Boccaccio. Boccaccio's work consists of a frame narrative containing one hundred tales told by a group sheltering in a secluded villa to escape the Black Death. Boccaccio probably conceived of the Decameron after the plague epidemic of 1348 and completed it by 1353.Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I. Bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt detailing. Externally very good with some rubbing to the joints and extremities. Slight loss loss to the backstrip head of IV and a touch to III. Hinges are a little strained to II and to the front of I. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd handling mark. Very Good William Sharp and Son hardcover
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