Il Decamerone di m. Giovanni Boccaccio
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
Londra [i.e. Paris], Prault] ; 1757-[1761]
5 volumes.
xi, [1], 292; 271; 195; 261; 247 pp.
Text in Italian.
Each volume with engraved title page dated 1757;
engraved frontispiece in Vol. I;
110 engraved plates within the volumes;
engraved pictorial tailpieces.
(8vo) 17.7x12 cm (7x4¾"),
18th century full red morocco with triple gilt filet borders, spines tooled in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt.
Elegant edition of Boccaccio's masterwork, the engravings, chiefly after the drawings of Hubert Francois Bourguignon, called Gravelot, by J. Aliamet, L.S. Lempereur, and other eighteenth century engravers.
The tailpieces in vols. 2-5 are dated between 1758-61.
Armorial bookplates.
Each volume with small label with library call numbers on rear pastedown.
Very good condition, minor wear, an attractive set.





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