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The Decameron [Brentano's New York]
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Gibbings & Co. 1914. 4 volumes (complete), octavo, half-leather bindings, decorated and titled in gilt to spine, raised bands, engraved illus title page and frontis plate each volume, b&w plates engraved each volume, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, pp xxxii, 250; ix, 342; x, 356; ix, 347. The illustrations are reproduced from the plates engraved for the edition of 1757, and designed by Gravelot, Eisen, Boucher and others. Fore-edge of spine vol. I and IV starting to fray, water-mark first blank endpaper vo. I, small crack beneath title vol III. "Brentano's New York" label to rear paste-down first volume. Very good condition. A collection of stories by the 14th century author Giovanni Boccaccio, structured as 100 tales told by young men and women sheltering in a villa just outside Florence to escape the plague. This edition is based on that published by Sharpe in 1822; the plates are reproduced from the celebrated edition of 1857. This set from the New York Booksellers and Stationers, Brentano's. Half leather.
Synopsis
In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100682
- Title
- The Decameron [Brentano's New York]
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Illustrator
- (Illustrations after Gravelot)
- Format/Binding
- Half leather
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gibbings & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Binding, Italy, Literature, Plague, Short Stories
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- Gilt
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