The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Three Sirens Press, 1931. Boccaccio's "Questions of Love" dates to 1472, and was a prototype for his masterwork, the "Decameron." Here is an unusual printing, using an anonymous 16th-century English translation for the text. Illustrated by Alexander King; with an Introduction by Thomas Bell. Bound in a ribbed blue cloth and quarter-bound in suede, an unusual choice by the publisher. Gilt lettering on the spine. Very Good condition, with shelf-soiling and bumped corners. Clean text; 133 pages. No dustjacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Alexander King.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002546
- Title
- The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Illustrator
- Alexander King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- Three Sirens Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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