1870 Decameron Boccaccio Italian Black Death Bubonic

1870 Decameron Boccaccio Italian Black Death Bubonic Plague Flameng Illustrated

“Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy”

― Giovanni Boccaccio

‘The Decameron’ is one of the most famous novels of the 14th-century. Written by humanist author Giovanni Boccaccio, ‘Decameron’ is a collection of short stories and tales told by a group of friends who are seeking to escape the Black Death in Florence, Italy. The stories cover a wide variety of topics including jokes and humor, erotic love, tragedy, adventures, and folk and mythology tales.

Fascinating and at times provocative, this undated late 19th-century edition was published by Gebbie and Barrie, revised by W.K. Kelly, and includes 22 illustrations by Leopold Flameng, thus, ‘the Flameng edition’.

Item number: #7208

Price: $399

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

The Decameron: or Ten days' entertainment

Philadelphia: Gebbie and Barrie, [1870].

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xviii, 493

22 full-page illustrations

Provenance: Bookplate

Gertrude G. Kerstine

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~7.5in X 6.25in (19cm x 16cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent