Giovanni Boccaccio,
Decamerone Di. Giovanni. Boccaccio cognominato Principe. Galeotto.
In. Londra. Presso. Giovanni. Nourse Libraio. Di. S. M. Britannica, MDCCLXII [1762]
Text in Italian. This medieval allegorical work serves as an important glimpse into life in Medieval Europe in the Fourteenth Century. Written in a series of Novellas it was finished in 1353.
$350.00
Text in Italian. This medieval allegorical work serves as an important glimpse into life in Medieval Europe in the Fourteenth Century. Written in a series of Novellas it was finished in 1353.
Text in Italian. This medieval allegorical work serves as an important glimpse into life in Medieval Europe in the Fourteenth Century. Written in a series of Novellas it was finished in 1353.
The volume(s) measure about 28.5 cm. by 23 cm. by 6 cm.
Each leaf measures about 277 mm. by 215 mm.
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Main description
Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313-1375.
Decamerone Di. Giovanni. Boccaccio cognominato Principe. Galeotto. In. Londra. Presso. Giovanni. Nourse Libraio. Di. S. M. Britannica, MDCCLXII [1762]
Paginates: xvi, 574, [8], 35, [1]p.
Collates: a – b4, A4 – 4D4, A – D4, E2
Complete with engraved portrait frontispiece. Printed on thick paper. Colophon: “Nella stamperia di Giovanni Haberkorn, l’anno 1762.”.
Condition
Bound in contemporary late 18th C. Calf. The spine in six gilt stamped compartments with five raised bands. A red lettering piece in the second compartment from the top. Boards and spine a bit scuffed. Hinges cracked but holding very well. Corners split. Lower spine chipped. Internally retains the original endpapers. Title and portrait a bit stained but the contents generally clean and crisp with little in the way of foxing or stains. Inscription on inner front board: ‘Gift of Mrs Smith Feb 7 1799’
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