Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio
by Boccaccio, Giovanni and Girolamo Tiraboschi
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Upperco, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Stamperia Blanchon, Parma. , 1812 - 1813. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 6 volumes bound as 3. Hardcover, black qtr leather & corners w/ marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. All vols., prev. owner's bookplate, exteriors moderately rubbed w/ leather edges showing through to underlying brown as expected, papered edges w/ small nicks at bottom edge; light foxing to flyleaves & very occasionally, faintly within; Volume I/II, pale 1-inch brown stain to inner margin of 2 pgs., not affecting text. Volume V/VI has 1/4-inch nick to rear board. Overall solid vg condition for their age, bindings & hinges quite tight, contents clean, gilt edges bright. 242 & 335 pp.; 299 & 248 pp.; 244 & 346 pp. Incl's historical introductions and a biography of Boccaccio by Girolamo Tiraboschi.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tiber Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 991217.33
- Title
- Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni and Girolamo Tiraboschi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Stamperia Blanchon, Parma.
- Date Published
- 1812 - 1813
- Keywords
- Italian Literature, Classics, Renaissance Italy, 15th Century, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron, Foreign Language.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Tiber Books
Biblio member since 2005
Upperco, Maryland
About Tiber Books
Specializing in scholarly non-fiction for over 30 years.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...