The Decameron by Giovanni Boccacccio

$45.00

The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men; they shelter in a secluded villa just outside Florence in order to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city.

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Description

A  hardcover edition, where there is some foxing and toning but the text and black and white woodcuts are clear and legible. Printed on archival paper with gold gilded edges.

A beautiful addition to any bookshelf.

 

Translated by GH McWilliam with the woodcuts of Jose Narro.

Published 1981 by the Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Weight 1.330 kg
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