The Decameron The Modell Of Wit Mirth Eloquence And Conversation Framed In Ten Dayes Of An Hundred

by John Edward Hutton Contributor Fritz Kredel Boccaccio 1313 1375 Giovanni Boccaccio

$450 · Offered by Tavistock Books

First edition

New York: The Heritage Press, 1940 . 1st edition thus, i.e., the 1st version published by Heritage Press with Kredel's woodcut illustrations, ca 1948 ? Cf. Sandglass No. 11L . xxii, 536, 2 pp. Renaissance-style woodcuts by Kredel throughout. 10-1/2 x 7-3/4 . Full tan sheepskin binding, gilt stamped lettering and raised bands to spine. TEG. Brown paper slipcase gilt printing to one side . Light wear to binding, spine

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