Author: Boccaccio [Giovanni Boccaccio]
Title: The Decameron, or, Ten Days Entertainment, of Boccaccio
Description: London, William Sharp and Son, 1822 . Leather. A decoratively bound, new edition of Boccaccio's Decameron, translated from the original Italian, complete in four volumes. New edition. Complete in four volumes. Elegantly bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt detailing. An English translation of this important piece of early Italian literature written by Italian poet, author and Renaissance humanist, Giovanni Boccaccio. Boccaccio's work consists of a frame narrative containing one hundred tales told by a group sheltering in a secluded villa to escape the Black Death. Boccaccio probably conceived of the Decameron after the plague epidemic of 1348, and completed it by 1353.Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I. Bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt detailing. Externally, very good, with some rubbing to the joints and extremities. Slight loss loss to the backstrip head of IV and a touch to III. Hinges are a little strained to II and to the front of I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Giovanni Boccaccio Boccaccio decameron ten days entertainment Boccaccio humanism Not Stated


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