Tales From Boccaccio
by Jean De La Fontaine
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Peter Pauper Press, 1947. Hardcover. Fine. Fine or better copy in Fine slipcase. Pages, covers and slipcase are crisp, intact and unmarked except for previous owner's name on adhesive label inside front cover. Label might be removable. 124 pages with illustrated header page for each tale. The tales: The river god of Scamander--The muleteer and the Queen--The lady is deceived--The monks of Catalonia--The cradle at the inn--The convent gardener--The farmer's mare--The abbess' slipcase with somescuff and a nice fleuthe pastonspectacles--The progress o f wit--The wife-traders of Rouen--The over-boastful king--The foolish doctor of laws--Putting the Devil in Hell--The earmaker and mouldmender--The cudgelled cuckold--The family mortgage--The lady and the grotto--Catching the nightingale--Tricking th e greedy wife--The eel pie, or, variety--The husband and the horse
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- Bookseller
- Modern First Editions Boston (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001398
- Title
- Tales From Boccaccio
- Author
- Jean De La Fontaine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Peter Pauper Press
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- PUBLISHED BY
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Modern First Editions Boston
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Modern First Editions Boston
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