Boccaccio's Decameron.The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation framed in Ten Dayes of an hundred curious pieces,

by seven honourable ladies, and three noble gentlemen by Giovanni Boccaccio

$2,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

No. 132 of 325 copies. The text for this edition is from Isaac Jaggard's English translation of 1620. The illustrations are from a 1492 edition published in Venice by the De Gregorii brothers. 4to. Three quarters blue morocco and cloth sides, t.e.g., rest uncut. Minor fading to spine, else fine. Item #313189 A handsomely bound copy of this modern fine press edition of the Decameron.

• Binding: Leather

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