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Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron

Boni & Liveright

1925

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A finely bound and illustrated edition of The Decameron.

  • Sold as a set of 2 volumes.
  • Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian).
  • Translated by John Payce.
  • Illustrated by Clara Tice. 
  • New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.
  • Illustrated frontispiece with 48 colored plates throughout.
  • Limited to 2,000 of which this is 777.
  • Bound in full brown morocco with ornate gilt-tooling on the covers and raised band spine, top edges gilt, watered silk endpapers with brown morocco gilt-tooled dentelles.

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Minor signs of age and handling.

Dimensions

Height: 12 inches / 30.48 cm
Width: 8 inches / 20.32 cm

Language

English

Subject

Illustrated, Fine bindings, Literature, European Literature and History, Novels, Short Stories

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