THE DECAMERON: VOLUMES I & II.
by Boccaccio, Giovanni (trans J. M. Rigg)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Privately Printed, 1920. Vol,1-xiii, 332pp; Vol 2 - xiii, 404pp. 15 Photogravures from original drawings by Louis Chalon. Title-pages dated 1920. Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. End-papers darkened otherwise a nice set, tight and clean. A little light foxing to a few pages. Top edge gilt. Cream cloth a trifle dusty otherwise fine binding with no wear. Later reprints had colour prints but this the first edition had 15 photogravure plates each with a tissue guard. Limited to 1000 sets of which this in No 245 hand-written], printed on special quality laid paper, with proof impressions of the plates upon Japanese vellum. Limited edition, privately printed. Cream buckram, gilt. Fine. Illus. by Louis Challen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited edition.
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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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- R172
- Title
- THE DECAMERON: VOLUMES I & II.
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni (trans J. M. Rigg)
- Illustrator
- Louis Challen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited edition, privately printed
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Fine Binding
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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. ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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