The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
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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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
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London: Navarre Society Limited Volume 2 only. Ilustrated with color plates. 404 pages. Color frontispiece depicts nudes. Translated by J.M. Rigg Light foxing to inside covers and endpapers. Name on fep. Wrinkle on title page and frontispiece. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (Two-Volume Set) (SIGNED by Illustrator)
by Boccaccio, Giovanni; Translation by Frances Winwar; Intro by Burton Rascoe; Designed and Decoarted by T.M. Cleland
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The Limited Editions Club , 1930. Book. Fine-. Hard Cover with Slipcase. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two hardcovers with slipcase: fine minus / good. Books are bound in dull-red buckram cloth; black leather title labels on spines with gilt lettering; limited edition 1393/1500; signed by Cleland in back of volume two. Volume… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
by BOCCACCIO, Giovanni
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Bookplate on each front pastedown. Bump to tops of each spine with paper split to rear hinge of the second volume. Very Good in a Fair slipcase lacking the back edge. Two small folio volumes (9" x 11-3/4") bound in burnt sienna cloth with leather spine labels. Newly translated from the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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London: Privately Printed for The Navarre Society, 1905. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Both volumes darkened at the spine, less so at the boards but a few small marks here and there. Pages lightly age-tanned with scattered spotting. Fly leaves to the frontispieces darkened. . Louis Chalon. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.2kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio - Volume The First. Illustrated Edition
by Giovanni Boccaccio; J. M. Rigg (trans.)
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London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Limited. Very Good/Fair. Hard Cover. 8vo Illustrated Edition. Dust jacket unclipped, tears and chunks missing to edges. Red cloth-covered boards, Gilt embossed titling on spine."The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio - Volume The First" By Giovanni Boccaccio. Previous owner's book plate on ffep. 332 pages. Rigg's faithful… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (Everyman Library) (2 volumes )
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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London: JM Dent. Good. Hardcover. 1946. 293 + 350 pages. 2 volumes. No dj. Text edge foxed <br> . Item Price
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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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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio : faithfully translated by J.M. Rigg, with an illustrated introduction and 15 photogravures from original drawings by Louis Chalon [complete in 2 volumes]
by Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375)
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London : Privately printed for the Navarre Society, [n.d., ca. 1920], 1920. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, fine ribbed cloth. Gilt vignette and borders to front cover. Gilt-decorated spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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Privately Printed for The Navarre Society, 1905. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Both volumes darkened at the spine, less so at the boards but a little light soiling to both volumes. Pages lightly age-tanned with scattered spotting. Fly leaves to the frontispieces darkened. . Louis Chalon. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.2kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DECAMERON of Giovanni Boccaccio
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to, 199 pages, red cloth, endpapers and covers lightl dampstained.
"It is a very fortunate thing for all of us that there is a DECAMERON to counter-poise THE DIVINE COMEDY. ... In making the present translation for this edition Frances Winwar, herself a novelist, has endeavored… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio - The Last Five Days
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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The Folio Society, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 324 pages. Green jacket over brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. No slipcase. The last five days. Translated by Richard Aldington. Aquatints by Buckland-Wright. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Slight edge creases. Boards have some moderate… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: The Last Five Days
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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The Folio Society, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. Second Impression. 324 pages. Dust jacket over decorative cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Pages are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges and free endpapers. Slight staining to gutters. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: The First Five Days [and] The Second Five Days.
by BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI.
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Westminster; The Folio Society; 1969.. Second Impression; Med. 8vo; Vol. I pp. 394; Vol. II. pp. 324; illustrated frontispieces, texts with 18 pages of aquatints by Buckland-Wright, uniformly bound in original decorated cloth, title lettered in gilt on spines, housed in original slipcase, very good set. Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio : Vol. Two The Last Five Days
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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London: The Folio Society, 1955. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Buckland-Wright. First printing from The Folio Society. In good dark red/brown cloth boars with red and green decorated borders of front and spine with gilt titles to spine. The boards are flat and quite clean and firm; shelf-cocked. Slightly tanned and foxed end papers. Tanned… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1941. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Francis Broadhurst. Book Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Item Type: Book. Binding still very good. Wonderful artwork with the principal jacket front image in good order. Front board slightly warped. Moderate darkening to page edges. Jacket chipped at edges an quite worn. Numerous tape… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio
by Boccaccio Giovanni
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Modern Library, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Noted. 830 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Mild tanning to pages with pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and binding is loose. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and light tanning to text block edges. Boards have mild rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio : The First Five Days
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
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Westminster: The Folio Society, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Buckland-White (aquatints). 393 pages, volume one of a two volume set. Translated from the Italian by Richard Aldington. There is a neat ownership signature on the front end paper, the shadow of a rubbed out, earlier price and a small stain… Read more about this item Item Price
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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. Good. Later printing. Illustrated by Louis Chalon. Volume two only. Front hinge cracked, binding loose, endpapers tanned, covers slightly worn and soiled, spine tanned with a small stain, good only. Days five to 10 of Boccaccio's tales. Item Price
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The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio
by Giovanni Boccaccio
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Folio Society, 1969. Hardcover. Good. 1969. Second Edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Brown cloth decorated boards with gilt lettering. Two volumes in a slipcase. Monochrome illustrations throughout. (trans: Richard Aldington). Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright… Read more about this item Item Price
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