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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio:In Two Volumes, Volume the Second [only]

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio:In Two Volumes, Volume the Second [only]

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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio:In Two Volumes, Volume the Second [only]

by RIGG, J.M., translated by

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London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later printing. Illustrated by Louis Chalon. Volume two only. Binding slightly loose, endpapers with modest offsetting, covers lightly soiled with a few wrinkles, spine faintly tanned, very good in a good only dust jacket with front panel split from flap and spine, spine tanned with some loss at ends and slight edgewear. Days five to 10 of Boccaccio's tales.

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 of Giovanni Boccaccio:In Two Volumes, Volume the Second [only]
Author
RIGG, J.M., translated by
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
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Publisher
Privately Printed for the Navarre Society
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1950

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