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THE DECAMERON; OR, TEN DAYS' ENTERTAINMENT OF BOCCACCIO [FROM PARTS IN COLOR]
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
London: W. Mason for James Griffin. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1821-1822].. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; 12mo, contemp brown morocco & marbled bds, gilt, A. E. G. ; rebacked. With hand-colored additional vignette title, 10 hand-colored plates. Scattered light foxing. Bound from orig 20 weekly parts, "with a highly colored copper-plate engraving to every alternate number." OCLC 863313174. .
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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- Title
- THE DECAMERON; OR, TEN DAYS' ENTERTAINMENT OF BOCCACCIO [FROM PARTS IN COLOR]
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- W. Mason for James Griffin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1821-1822].
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
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