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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: Volumes One & Two (Everyman's Library)
by BOCCACCIO, Giovanni; RIGG, J.M. (translator)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd/ Everyman's Library, 1942. Good. Volume I: 1946 reprint of original 1930 Dent edition; 18cm, pp. xxi, 293, (1). Volume II: 1942 reprint of original 1930 Dent edition; 18cm, pp. xii, 350. Both bound in light blue cloth (indicative of the Everyman's 'Romance' section) with gilt lettering to spines and the Ravilious-designed blind stamp to upper boards. Spine and board edges browned in both vols., edges browned. Spines cocked (slightly in vol. I). Else, clean. In fair orange DJs with Brodarts - browned, edgewear, loss to heads and heels of spines. Closed tears to vol. II; large chip to centre of vol I's spine. Everyman's Library no. 845 & 846.
Synopsis
In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative.
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- Quair Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 684
- Title
- The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: Volumes One & Two (Everyman's Library)
- Author
- BOCCACCIO, Giovanni; RIGG, J.M. (translator)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd/ Everyman's Library
- Date Published
- 1942
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