The Decameron: Translated by G. H. McWilliam
by Giovanni Boccaccio
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/None as published
- Seller
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Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
A fine copy. Quarter-bound in blue leather and boards with gilt design front and back. Gilt title on backstrap with four raised bands.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bob's Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226
- Title
- The Decameron
- Author
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Illustrator
- Jose Narro
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- None as published
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- the oxford Library of the World's Great Books
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford university press
- Place of Publication
- 1985
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 749
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hotham Books;
Terms of Sale
Bob's Books
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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