1921 Decameron Boccaccio Italian Black Death

1921 Decameron Boccaccio Italian Black Death Bubonic Plague Chalon Erotic ART

“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.

This beautifully-bound, two-volume deluxe edition was published for the Navarre Society in London, complete with impressive illustrations by Louis Chalon. English translation by J.M Rigg.

Item number: #15479

Price: $750

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

The Decameron

London : Privately printed for the Navarre Society, [ca. 1921].

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages – 2 volumes

Vol. I – xxi, [1], 332

Vol. II – xiii, [3], 404

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Decorative ivory cloth

Size: ~9.25in X 6.5in (23cm x 16.5cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent