THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
first edition
1893
by Boccaccio, Giovanni & Payne, John & Chalon, Louis
THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893, first edition thus, 2 vols., some light wear to the fore edge corner tips of each with some light stains to several of them as well as the upper sections of the spines, several leaves of volume 2 with wear and tear to the upper fore edge with some missing a blank section of the leaf and one detached and in need of repair to save some of the text, else a bright vg+ set bound in half red leather with raised spines and gold-gilt lettering and decoration with red cloth panels and marbled end-papers.. 1/1,000 copies. Illustrated by Louis Chalon. Still a most handsome set despite the flaws in the second volume. (Inventory #: 01265)