Item #458486 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio / translated by John Payne ; illustrated by Louis Chalon [complete in two volumes]. Giovanni Boccaccio, John Payne, Louis Chalon, trans.

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio / translated by John Payne ; illustrated by Louis Chalon [complete in two volumes]

1893, First Edition. London : Lawrence and Bullen. Very good copies both in the original gilt-blocked green cloth boards, now slightly rubbed at the edges, joints and endbands. Endpapers lightly foxed. Internally bright and clean; remains a well-preserved set overall. This edition limited to 1000 sets, of which this is No. 834. Item #458486

Physical description: complete in 2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm. Subjects: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Allegories - Fiction. Storytelling - Fiction. Plague - Europe - History - Fiction. Italian fiction - To 1400 - Translations into English.

Price: €100.00

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