IL Decamerone Di M. Giovanni Boccaccio
by Giovanni Boccaccio
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
EB: Londra. Very Good. 1757. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Londra (ma Parigi; possibly printed by Prault in Paris). 1757. 5 volumes. Xi, 292, 271, 195, 261, 247 pages. Engraved title pages. Illustrated with tailpieces plates by Gravelot and Lemperer. Text in Italian. Slipcased in red cloth with spine label present to the top of the slipcase. Bound in 3/4 red leather with marble paper covered cloth with gilt and black band titles and gilt decoration present to the spines. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Several pages throughout the text are torn at the margins and repaired. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Boccaccio is Gravelot's masterpiece so much he excels in gallant subjects and animated scenes. As for his spiritual cul-de-lamp, they are in the hands of a master ornamentalist. The figures in first tests, of a much higher rendering, are the peculiarity of the edition in Italian; two of them have been replaced in the French edition. (Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, No. 15: "French collectors always have a preference for the Decameron in their own language, but the earlier Italian text has better impressions of the illustrations"). Hubert-François Bourguignon, commonly known as Gravelot (26 March 1699 20 April 1773) , was a French engraver, a famous book illustrator, designer and drawing-master. Born in Paris, he emigrated to London in 1732, where he quickly became a central figure in the introduction of the Rococo style in British design, which was disseminated from London in this period, through the media of book illustrations and engraved designs as well as by the examples of luxury goods in the "French taste" brought down from London to provincial towns and country houses.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57363
- Title
- IL Decamerone Di M. Giovanni Boccaccio
- Author
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Londra
- Place of Publication
- EB
- Date Published
- 1757
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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