Title:
Decameron, The
Genre:
Adventure
Literature
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Series:
#1657/1750
Binding:
Calf-Binding
Edition:
1st
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
710
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:02:12
Synopsis:
VALUABLE. This Edition of The Decameron is limited to 1750 numbered copies printed by St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St. Edmunds, and bound by Real Lachenmaier, Germany, in Wassa Goatskin blocked with a design by Jeff Clements. This copy is #d 1657. Translated by Richard Aldinton with Aquatints by Buckland-Wright. 1st published by The Folio Society in 1955. Reprinted in a Limited Edition bound in leather, 2007. Set in Poliphilus on Abbey Wove paper. Included pamphlet; The Happy Art ofNarration, Readings of Boccaccio and the Decameron. New in New Clamshell case, green. AbeBooks comparison, $712.01, 02/12/18: Translated by Richard Aldington, a limited edition being numbered 1282 of 1750 copies in an exquisite red, Wassa Goatskin binding blocked with a design by Jeff Clements, gilt on red all covers and spine t.e.g. Fine Aquatints by Buckland Wright, silk marker ribbon, separate pamphlet of Readings of The Decameron and Boccaccio, The Happy Art of Narrative. Encased in a dark green box; splendid. Inventory #4440666. David Eastwood, Exeter, UK
Author:
Giovanni Boccaccio
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Publisher:
Folio Society
Place of Printing:
St. Edmundsbury Press Bury St Edmunds Suffolk UK
Publication Date:
2007-01-01
Number of Copies:
1750
Language:
English
Publisher Location:
Westminster
Special Edition:
Yes
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:02:12
