Il Decameron di Messer G. Boccaccio Cittadino Fiorentino. Volumes I-IV [complete]
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Presso Leonardo Ciardetti , 1825 . Hardback. . 4 vols. quarter vellum with marbled endpapers. Gilt lining to spine, red leather title label lettered in gilt. Portrait frontispiece in Volume I. The picture on this listing page is of the actual books for sale. 4 vols. all Good+. Binding is lightly edgeworn, some foxing throughout but pages are crisp, clean and otherwise unmarked. Vellum a little discoloured. Text in Italian.
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Details
- Bookseller
- High Barn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46651
- Title
- Il Decameron di Messer G. Boccaccio Cittadino Fiorentino. Volumes I-IV [complete]
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardback.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Presso Leonardo Ciardetti
- Date Published
- 1825
- Pages
- 279 pp: 344 pp: 272 pp: 212 pp
Terms of Sale
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Payment can be made by Paypal or sterling cheques drawn on UK banks. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt by prior arrangement with seller.
About the Seller
High Barn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Lancaster, Lancashire
About High Barn Books
Small independent bookseller based in Lancashire UK.
Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....