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The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio

Translated by Richard Aldington and illustrated with aquatints by Buckland-Wright.

The year is 1348, the Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentines, seven women and three men, escape the plague-infested city and retreat to the countryside. At their leisure in this isolated and bucolic setting, they spend ten days telling each other stories, one hundred in all. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons contribute to the mosaic.

In addition to its literary value and widespread influence (for example on Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales), it provides a document of life at the time. Written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the vernacular of the Florentine language, it is considered a masterpiece of classical early Italian prose.

Bound in wassa goatskin blocked with a design by Jeff Clements measuring 10″ x 6 1/2″ and accompanied by a string bound booklet entitled The Happy Art of Narration: Readings of Boccaccio and the Decameron.

Both are within their original black Solander box.

Features;

• Folio Society Limited Edition No. 1138 of 1750
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2007
• Full Goatskin Leather Hardback
• Superbly illustrated with aquatints by Buckland-Wright
• Size 280 x 190mm, 2.7kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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