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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio.
by BOCCACCIO, Giovanni 1313-1375 / [ RIGG, J.M. (James Macmullen Rigg 1855-1926.- translator) ] / [SYMMONDS, John Addington ] .:
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About This Item
London: Privately Printed [By the Navarre Society Ltd], 1922 .. Publication date etc. from British Library. A very good half leather binding. 2 Volumes bound in 1. 8vo. 8.00" x 5.75" x 1.75". pp.62/[2pp.]/pp.332/pp.404 . This edition has no coloured illustrations. Polished maroon calf spine and corners over pink marbled boards. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and gilt titles: "Boccaccio's Decameron". Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Half-title present. Printed title-page. Introduction with illustrations within the text. Followed by: "Giovannia Boccaccio As Man And Author By John Addington Symonds". Clear English text throughout on lightly toned paper. VG. ** "The Decameron sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia ("the Human comedy"), is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313�1375). The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men; they shelter in a secluded villa just outside Florence in order to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city..." - See Wikipedia.
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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- Chilton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46508
- Title
- The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio.
- Author
- BOCCACCIO, Giovanni 1313-1375 / [ RIGG, J.M. (James Macmullen Rigg 1855-1926.- translator) ] / [SYMMONDS, John Addington ] .:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Privately Printed [By the Navarre Society Ltd], 1922 .
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- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 48100 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. Boccaccio, Giovanni 0
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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