Author: BOCCACCIO, Giovanni
Title: The Decameron
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, (1940). Hardcover. Two large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620, plus two tales there omitted. Copy #452 of only 530 copies, one of the scarcest publications of the press, illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Ill.: Fritz Kredel. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase .

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