The Decameron of Boccacci by Giovanni Boccaccio - 1943

Paperback / softback. New.

Liveright Publishing Corp.,: New York , 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition in this form.Fine black cloth copy. Unabridged. Genre: Fiction. Subjects: Literature - Italian. Plague --Europe --History --Fiction. Storytelling --Fiction. Series: The Black and Gold Library. An attractive, clean, unmarked copy!

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: Printed for the Villon society by private subscription and for private circulation only, 1886. Limited edition: No. 23.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj's. 3 volume set, bound in full vellum w/ outer gilt decoration & title lettering, top edges gilt. Vg condition. Small 1-inch prev. owner's name-ticket inside cover of each volume, w/ darkened offset outline image of same on the opposite page. Mild foxing to endpapers only; Interiors quite bright & clean, no markings, no "thumbing" to pages; some page edges still unseparated (therefore unread); binding & hinges solid. Mild exterior browning, chiefly to spines, gilt spine lettering dulled but fully legible. 334 & 350 & 354 pp.

London: Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only, 1886. No. 21 of a limited edition. xii, 334; xii, 350; xii, 354, [2] pp. 3 vols. 8vo [145 x 185 mm.]. Bound in full vellum, stamped in gilt, t.e.g., rest uncut. Spines a bit darkened; Very Good. No. 21 of a limited edition. xii, 334; xii, 350; xii, 354, [2] pp. 3 vols. 8vo [145 x 185 mm.].

London: Printed for and May be had of all Booksellers, 1845. Illustrated by Teysonnières. 577 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter brown morocco, gilt spine, t.e.g. Almost fine. Illustrated by Teysonnières. 577 pp. 2 vols. 8vo.

London: Printed by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only, 1896. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Leopold Flameng. A scarce Limited Edition English translation of this masterpiece of early Italian literature. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work from Giovanni Boccaccio to be translated into English by poet John Payne, these three volumes are Subscription Copy No. 153 of 750 copies printed on Holland Paper. These volumes are a scarce and unrecorded variant, stating 'Printed by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only' to the publication line, rather than being identified as printed 'for the Villon Society'.  Payne founded the Villon Society in 1878, doing so to publish his first complete translation of French poet Francois Villon's works.Giovanni 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… Read More