Add this copy of The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. 2 Volumes to cart. $65.00, like new condition, Sold by PASCALE'S BOOKS rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NORTH READING, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1928 by J. P. Horn & Co. :.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This is the Certaldo Edition of The Decameron is limited to fifteen hundred and fifty sets. Volume I has 538 pages, illustrated. Volume II has 549 pages, illustrated. "Giovanni Boccaccio, who always styled himslef Boccaccio da Certaldo, wrote The Decameron nearly six hundred years ago; yet, down through the ages, the vitality and freshness of its fascinating stories have remained unimpaired and incomparable; and these stories, more than anything else he wrote, have immortalized his name." FINE HARDCOVERS, blue cloth with red illustration covers and spine edges, VERY GOOD DUST JACKETS, jackets are a plain brown heavy paper as issued.
