Author: BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI
Title: Decamerone Di Giovanni Boccaccio Cognominato Principe Galeotto
Description: London: Giovanni Nourse, 1762. First edition thus. Brown hardback leather cover. 280mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). xvi, 35pp, 574pp, 8pp. Frontis engraved portrait. Text in Italian. The Decameron a collection of 100 novellas was finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work and an important historical document of life in the fourteenth century. The first edition was printed in Venice in 1470.. Worn condition. Cover damaged with loss to leather. Light water stain to margins of the first 35 pages and rear 30 pages, but content in overall good condition. Slight foxing. Text block cracked midway. Signature of previous owner on fep .

Keywords: Fiction Drama 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian


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