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18552272713Calvin Blanchard 1855. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. No date circa 1855. Rear hinge loosening boards soiled spine toned with loss of gilt front free endpaper removed. We have more books available by this author!. 500 4 pp. Lavender blind-stamped cloth gilt titles. Illustrated with 18 steel engravings. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories controversial at the time for its inclusion of erotic themes and important today for the details it provides about life in Italy at the time. Calvin Blanchard hardcover books
18939020609London: Lawrence and Bullen 1893. Hardcover. Near fine . One of 1000 numbered copies bound in green cloth spines and covers stamped in gilt. Some rubbing to edges and extremities. Sunning to spines. Translated by John Payne illustrations throughout by Louis Chalon. <br/><br/> Lawrence and Bullen hardcover books
1827009683Firenze: Il Magheri 1827. Marbled boards/Leather Spines. Very Good. 1827-8. 5 volumes in 3 books. Leather spines with pressed gilt titles marbleized paper-backed boards. Text in Italian. Wear to corners rubbing to cover edges and spine ends and edges remarkably clean text with only very occasional scattered foxing. Some light chipping to spine of Vol. I-II first book which has a bookplate at front pastedown. Original pink place-keeping ribbons present. The Decameron is a collection of medieval allegorical short stories written in the mid-14th century and is considered central to the Western canon influencing writers ranging from Geoffrey Chaucer to George Eliot. Il Magheri unknown books
18252281490Guglielmo Pickering 1825. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Edges rubbed spine labels mostly absent minor splits to spine heads and feet along joints first gathering of volume 1 free endpaper flyleaf and half-title page loose but included. An attractive set that could be beautiful with some minor restorations. 1825 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in three volumes. cxxxv 1 228 2; 229-586 2; 587-967 3 pp. 8vo. Full sheep morocco spine labels gilt titles and decorations all edges marbled marbled endpapers. Italian text. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories controversial at the time for its inclusion of erotic themes and important today for the details it provides about life in Italy at the time. Guglielmo Pickering hardcover books
1879015765Paris: Isidore Liseux 1879. Limited Edition. 12mo. Limited to a thousand copies plus twenty-five copies on china paper six volumes translated by Antoine Le Macon illustrated bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards raised bands spine lettering and top edge gilt marbled endpapers original red printed front covers bound in. A handsome and fine set with just a sprinkling of foxing to fore-edges. Isidore Liseux unknown books
1900214775Philadelphia: George Barrie 1900. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne. 2 volumes illustrations in 2 states by Leopold Flameng tissue guards. 8vo blue cloth paper spine labels. Philadelphia: George Barrie N.d. ca. 1900. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Number 68 of 100 numbered copies printed on Japan Vellum.<br/><br/> George Barrie unknown books
1816008127Milano : Per Giovanni Silvestri 1816. xxxii 293 3 398 2 319 1 287 1 pp. Engraving of the author frontis Vol. I. Very Good in contemporary quarter calf over faux wood grain paper covered boards ribbon markers contemporary bookplate with peacock sitting atop crown and 4 initials. Vols. III and IV with calf chipped at spineboards rubbed at corners internally quite clean and bright. Text in Italian. An uncommon edition in quite nice condition. Boccaccio's 1353 classic set in Italy during the Black Death. Later Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Per Giovanni Silvestri Hardcover books
1820004515London: Printed by J. F. Dove for R. Priestley and W. Clarke 1820. Full Morocco. Very Good Plus. Extra-illustrated copy with 10 engravings of Stothard in addition to the engraved frontis portrait of Boccaccio. 8vo. 579 pp. Contemporary straight-grained dark brown/burgundy morocco binding with gilt border decoration blindstamped bands etc. Marbled endpapers. Light rubbing along joints. Binding remains very handsome. Clean and tight within. <br /><br /> Printed by J. F. Dove, for R. Priestley and W. Clarke books
1900307467Philadelphia: Printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie 1900. The Bibliophilist's Library. No. 406 of 1000 copies on handmade Holland paper this copy printed for J.W. Church. With etchings by Leopold Flameng in two states. xviii 2 310 2; 2 xii 309 2 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three-quarter crimson morocco spines gilt. Light rubbing to joints fine. The Bibliophilist's Library. No. 406 of 1000 copies on handmade Holland paper this copy printed for J.W. Church. With etchings by Leopold Flameng in two states. xviii 2 310 2; 2 xii 309 2 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie unknown books
1804272422London: J. Wright 1804. hardcover. very good. Translated from the Italian. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and title vignettes. 2 volumes. 8vos full tan calf ornately gilt stamped spines with red and green leather labels gilt stamped dentelles marbled endpapers Head of spine of vol 2 rubbed crazing to front cover of vol 2 and slightly affecting back cover of volume 1. Two red pen lines on verso of the half title page. Some very light foxing confined to a handful of pages. Still a very handsome looking set. London: J. Wright 1804. A very good set.<br/><br/> J. Wright unknown books
1895007639London: Privately Printed 1895. #205 of 304 copies printed this one of 238 copies on Van Gelder Holland paper the Florentine Edition. With tissue-guarded illustrations after the designs of Louis Chalon Jacques Wagrez C. D. J. Eisen and Leopold Flameng. Three volumes bound in cloth titles and front cover devices stamped in gilt top edges gilt. Near Fine gilt tops dulled scattered light foxing throughout. Each volume protected by clear mylar cover. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Privately Printed Hardcover books
1886007747London: Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation 1886. #622 of an unknown number published for subscriber's only. Near Fine in half red crushed morocco over marbled boards with matching marbled end pages five raised bands with gilt lettering and tail date back gilt top edges. Light rubbing at corners else Fine. A quite lovely set. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Hardcover books
1802270391Livorno: Tomasso Masi 1802. hardcover. very good. 217 pages Vita di Dante Alighieri in 80 pages Testamento in 8 pages Lettere di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio in 50 pages. Thick 8vo full tree calf ornately gilt spine and covers rubbed at extremities all edges gilt. Livorno: Thomas Masi 1802. Very good .<br/><br/> Tomasso Masi unknown books
1900292400New York: Grolier Club 1900. Limited. hardcover. very good. Large folding view of Florence frontispiece portrait of Dante. With an Introduction and a Note on the Portraits of Dante by G. R. Carpenter title in red and black decorations and rubricated initials throughout. 186 pages. 8vo original orange vellum with ornate peacock design embossed in white. New York: Grolier Club 1900. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Limited Edition one of 300 copies on Italian hand-made paper.<br/><br/> Grolier Club unknown books
1896768327534 vols. 1st edition of this extensively illustrated translation into English with an engraved title pages and 100 plates one for each tale. This is the deluxe issue number 32 of only 50 copies printed on Japan vellum and bound in publisher's full vellum. Vellum dusty else a very good set. Scarce. The regular issue on paper is always available this deluxe issue is not. Gibbings books
1816040435Italia Pisa: Co'Caratteri di F. Didot 1816. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 4 folio volumes in decorative paste paper boards. Wear and some bumping at corners and spines ends spines gently sunned and darkened occasional browning and discoloration internally light foxing a few worm holes in upper margin of a few pages at rear of final volume light foxing. A very attractively printed wide margined edition of the Decameron F.A. Ebert 203 "A splendid edition" Brunet I 1003. Size: Folio. 4-volume set complete. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 040435. <br/><br/> Co'Caratteri di F. Didot hardcover books
1803270497Milan: Societa Tipografica 1803. hardcover. very good. 4 volumes. Thick 8vo full tree calf ornately gilt spine and covers rubbed at extremities all edges gilt. Milan: Societa Tipographica 1803. Very good .<br/><br/> Societa Tipografica unknown books
182025277Firenze: presso Gius. Molini e comp. all'insegna di Dante 1820. Edition limited to 110 copies this one of 100 on regular paper; tall and very narrow 4to 348 x 75mm. pp. vii 1 307 1; wood-engraved vignette on title page and colophon on which it is recorded that this is the first book printed in the "papiriforme" i.e. column-like style; wood-engraved ornaments; original black morocco rebacked in matching green straight-grain morocco original label lettered and decorated in gilt preserved black coated endpapers a.e.g. long ribbon bookmark detached; some relatively minor waterstaining insect loss to the fore-margins of the last 5 leaves never touching letterpress else generally very good and sound. Each full page contains 118 lines of text plus headlines while each line is generally less than 10 words; the book is nearly 5 times as tall as it is wide. I'm willing to state this is the most unusual edition of The Decameron ever published though far from the rarest: OCLC finds 7 copies 5 in the U.S. <br/><br/> [presso Gius. Molini e comp.] all'insegna di Dante unknown books
