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1805rif. 2575Gotha and Chemnitz: Steudel & Keil 1805. Book. Very Good. quarter leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 4 volumes. 304; 394; 312; 276 pages. Uniform binding but printed in 1805 1806 and 1809 the first 3 volumes in Gotha and the last one in Chemnitz. Rare Italian edition printed in Germany. Occasional neat annotations. Light shelf wear but altogether a nice set. Steudel & Keil Hardcover
1893rif. 458486London : Lawrence and Bullen 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies both in the original gilt-blocked green cloth boards now slightly rubbed at the edges joints and endbands. Endpapers lightly foxed. Internally bright and clean; remains a well-preserved set overall. This edition limited to 1000 sets of which this is No. 834. Physical description: complete in 2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm. Subjects: Boccaccio Giovanni 1313-1375. Allegories - Fiction. Storytelling - Fiction. Plague - Europe - History - Fiction. Italian fiction - To 1400 - Translations into English. London : Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
1893rif. 458481London : Lawrence and Bullen 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies both in the original gilt-blocked green cloth boards now slightly rubbed at the edges joints and endbands. Endpapers lightly foxed. Internally near-fine: unread with unopened pages. Remains a well-preserved set overall. This edition limited to 1000 sets of which this is No. 894. Physical description: complete in 2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm. Subjects: Boccaccio Giovanni 1313-1375. Allegories - Fiction. Storytelling - Fiction. Plague - Europe - History - Fiction. Italian fiction - To 1400 - Translations into English. London : Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
1909rif. 0076-23-42London: David Nutt 1909. cloth no dw some edgewear VG- David Nutt hardcover
1903rif. 310839London: Bullen 1903. hardcover. very good. Translated by J. M. Rigg. Illustrated by Louis Chalon. 2 volumes. xxi 332; xiii 404 pages. Large 8vo brown cloth uncut edges t.e.g. London: A. H. Bullen 1903. Minor foxing to endpapers and the last few pages of each volume neat ink inscription front free endpaper of volume I still a very good copy. Bullen unknown
1827rif. 009683Firenze: Il Magheri 1827. Marbled boards/Leather Spines. Very Good. 1827-8. 5 volumes in 3 books. Leather spines with pressed gilt titles marbleized paper-backed boards. Text in Italian. Wear to corners rubbing to cover edges and spine ends and edges remarkably clean text with only very occasional scattered foxing. Some light chipping to spine of Vol. I-II first book which has a bookplate at front pastedown. Original pink place-keeping ribbons present. The Decameron is a collection of medieval allegorical short stories written in the mid-14th century and is considered central to the Western canon influencing writers ranging from Geoffrey Chaucer to George Eliot. Il Magheri unknown
1930rif. 014781New York: Garden City Publishing 1930. Cloth. Very Good/Fair/Good. Type: Book This book is an excellent work that deals with the plague otherwise known as the Black Death in Renaissance Italy. The pages are clean and tight with no markings in the book. Garden City Publishing hardcover
1903rif. 310839London: Bullen 1903. hardcover. very good. Translated by J. M. Rigg. Illustrated by Louis Chalon. 2 volumes. xxi 332; xiii 404 pages. Large 8vo brown cloth uncut edges t.e.g. London: A. H. Bullen 1903. Minor foxing to endpapers and the last few pages of each volume neat ink inscription front free endpaper of volume I still a very good copy. Bullen unknown books
1827rif. 009683Firenze: Il Magheri 1827. Marbled boards/Leather Spines. Very Good. 1827-8. 5 volumes in 3 books. Leather spines with pressed gilt titles marbleized paper-backed boards. Text in Italian. Wear to corners rubbing to cover edges and spine ends and edges remarkably clean text with only very occasional scattered foxing. Some light chipping to spine of Vol. I-II first book which has a bookplate at front pastedown. Original pink place-keeping ribbons present. The Decameron is a collection of medieval allegorical short stories written in the mid-14th century and is considered central to the Western canon influencing writers ranging from Geoffrey Chaucer to George Eliot. Il Magheri unknown books
1899rif. BOOKS059883INew York: Truslove Hanson & Comba. Nearly fine copy in the original decorated cloth. 1899. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 117 pp. Bound in green cloth stamped in blue dark green gold & red. Light rubbing at the base of the spine else a nice bright copy. With a double page frontispiece 19 full-page plates and a decorative border on all text pages by Byam Shaw an introduction by Joseph Jacobs and four tales from Boccaccio's Decameron. . Truslove, Hanson & Comba hardcover
1929rif. 31373London: 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
1930rif. B6546New York: Doubleday & Company. Inc. 1930. A very handsome example. . Binding: contemporary full blue paper boards title in gilt on flat spine spine with gilt ruling and decorative gilt motifs upper board with decorative gilt ruling and gilt central devices. Notes: Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375 was an Italian writer poet correspondent of Petrarch and an important Renaissance humanist. He was known par excellence as the Certaldese and one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century. Some scholars including Vittore Branca define him as the greatest European prose writer of his time a versatile writer who amalgamated different literary trends and genres making them converge in original works thanks to a creative activity exercised under the banner of experimentalism. Size: 8vo. Transation: Translated by Richar Category: Book Literature; Doubleday & Company. Inc. hardcover
1931rif. BK-00584Three Sirens Press 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Please review all photos for complete condition details. Three Sirens Press hardcover
1929rif. 31373London: 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 books
1971rif. 128190Beverly Hills CA: Produzioni Europee Associati PEA / United Artists 1971. Collection of 17 vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film all issued by the film's first distributor United Artists. Includes 6 black-and-white stills from the Japanese release between 1971-1973 though the actual date is not listed in IMDB 7 black-and-white stills from the US release December 1971 and 4 color stills from the US release. The first film in Pasolini's Trilogy of life followed by "Canterbury Tales" 1972 and "Arabian Nights" 1974 a light and sumptuous adaptation of Boccaccio's work "The Decameron" replete with nudity sex and both slapstick and scatological humor. With a score by Ennio Morricone. The three films will be released as a set by the Criterion Collection in winter 2012. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine condition with minor use. Produzioni Europee Associati [PEA] / United Artists unknown
1971rif. 128190Beverly Hills CA: Produzioni Europee Associati PEA / United Artists 1971. Collection of 17 vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film all issued by the film's first distributor United Artists. Includes 6 black-and-white stills from the Japanese release between 1971-1973 though the actual date is not listed in IMDB 7 black-and-white stills from the US release December 1971 and 4 color stills from the US release. The first film in Pasolini's Trilogy of life followed by "Canterbury Tales" 1972 and "Arabian Nights" 1974 a light and sumptuous adaptation of Boccaccio's work "The Decameron" replete with nudity sex and both slapstick and scatological humor. With a score by Ennio Morricone. The three films will be released as a set by the Criterion Collection in winter 2012. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine condition with minor use. Produzioni Europee Associati [PEA] / United Artists unknown books
1880rif. 100561Paris, Garnier Frères, Libraires-éditeurs 1880 In-4 28 x 18 cm. Reliure demi-basane rouge, dos à nerfs encadrés de petits fers dorés, figures dans le texte, 32 gravures hors-texte, pièce de titre cuir noir, XI-562 pp., table des des matières. Reliure légèrement frottée, coins légèrement émoussés.
1804rif. 996Y27London: Vernor and Hood Poultry; and Longman and Rees 1804. Leather. Good Only. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated . The second Charles Balguy translated edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's 'Decameron' with engravings for each novella inserted from a French edition of the work. The second Charles Balguy translated edition of these short stories from Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. Complete in two volumes. To which are prefixed Remarks on the Life and Writings of Boccaccio and An Advertisement by the author of Old Nick a Piece of Family Biography &c. Balguy's translation first published in 1741 was reissued several times with small or large modifications sometimes without acknowledgement of the original translator. The present set does seem to be a much expanded second edition with a great deal of additional material.Rebacked with contemporary calf boards and spine laid down. Renewed endpapers. Bound without half titles. Bound without advertisement to rear of Vol. I. Volume I illustrated with additional tipped-in frontispiece title page vignette and engraved portrait of Boccaccio. Volume II illustrated with title vignette. Collated complete. As well as the title page vignettes and portrait plate that came as issued both volumes have inserts preceding each story tipped-in with the engravings issued for a French edition of the work. Based on available comparisons the illustrations have been cut from an edition published by Jacques Gaillard. Rebacked with contemporary calf boards and spine laid down. Externally sunning to Vol I front board. Chipping to the original boards. Internally pages 3-14 of Vol II detached but present. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional spots. Tide mark affecting the first few leaves of Vol I. Good Only Vernor and Hood, Poultry; and Longman and Rees hardcover
1820rif. 40900Italy: Firenze 1820. 16mo. xvi 910 pp. 2 volumes bound as one in a lovely half vellum with marbled boards and edges. Engraved frontis and half title. Vellum darkened on spine with some cracking and minor losses. Crack to foot of spine bottom edges rubbed very minor foxing lo final pages bookplate on pastedown. Generally very good clean and tightly bound. ITALIAN TEXT . Very Good. Half Vellum. 1820. Firenze 1820 hardcover
1929rif. 013442London: The Mandrake Press 41 Museum Street 1929 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. xlix i 160 4 pages 20 plates. Numbered 479 out of the 550 copies printed to the colophon at the rear. In the original limp green vellum with overlapping or yapp fore edges. The vellum is lightly faded and lightly browned. The vellum is curling a bit. Pages are all edges gilt. The Mandrake Press, 41 Museum Street paperback
2025rif. __3717525719Manesse Verlag 2025. Hardcover. New. 1100 pages. German language. 7.24x2.56x9.65 inches. Manesse Verlag hardcover
1873rif. 52914Kjøbenhavn. Schous Forlag 1873. Lille8vo. 2 samtidige hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Rent eksemplar. Første fuldstændige danske oversættelse. Odin Wolffs fra 1805 forblev en torso. unknown
1873rif. 52914Kjøbenhavn., Schous Forlag, 1873. Lille8vo. 2 samtidige hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Rent eksemplar.
2010rif. SONG1142129853Nabu Press 2010-01-02. paperback. Used: Good. 7.44x0.89x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Nabu Press paperback
1949rif. 188527New York: Garden City Publishing 1949. Complete Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Poor dust jacket. Small personalization on FEP. Front flap missing. Rubbing open tearing chipping along panel edges. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Garden City Publishing hardcover