BOCACCIO Giovanni
DECAMERON or 100 short stories
complete edition in 3 volumes [the title page of volume I incorrectly states in 2 volumes]
with 160 drawings by Johannot, Grandeville and Nanteuil
translated and with a biographical-critical introduction by Prof. Pawel Chmielowski
t. I-III [set of co-prints]
Lvov 1925, published by Dr. Maksymiljan Bodek's Bookstore, very numerous illustrations in the text and on separate tables, format 13x20.5 cm
HARDCOVER IN FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER, COVERS SURROUNDED BY DECORATIVE BLIND-STAMPED AND GILDED BORDER. FLAT SPINE WITH DEEP EMBOSSING AND GILDING. THE COVERS ARE MADE OF HAND-DYED MARBLED PAPER, THE EDGES OF THE PAGES ARE DECORATED WITH THE SAME PATTERN. INSIDE COVERS SURROUNDED BY INTRICATE GOLD EMBOSSING.
CONDITION BDB-/ NICE PIECE
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