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The Decameron
by BOCCACCIO, Giovanni,
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Molto buono (Very Good)
- Seller
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, , 1930. Rilegato tela (cloth). Molto buono (Very Good). Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrations by Jean De Bosschère / 16 bellissime tavole a colori e 8 in nero dell'illustratore Jean De Bosschère. 8vo. pp. 576. Molto buono (Very Good). .
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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- Bookseller
- Studio Bibliografico Marini
(IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124023
- Title
- The Decameron
- Author
- BOCCACCIO, Giovanni,
- Format/Binding
- Rilegato tela (cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Molto buono (Very Good)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company,
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- literature: italian,,
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The Studio Bibliografico Marini began his business in 1993. The firm focuses on literature and art of the twentieth century, with particular reference to the original editions, art books, illustrated books, art catalogs, photography and original graphic art. In its website provides a powerful search engine that, thanks to a careful and detailed cataloging of the editorial material, makes it possible to find rare documents of many Italian and foreign artists and writers, very well known or almost unknown, in books, catalogs and historical records of the literary and art magazines of the last century. Are also published periodic catalogs dedicated to the most current known contemporary art, poetry and fiction of the twentieth century.
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