Boccaccio, Giovanni Revised translation by Philip Henry Wicksteed Wood engravings by John DePolBiblio.com
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199123986Greenbrae: The Allen Press 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's small exlibris label to front free endpaper else fine. 71 pp. illustrated with 4 wood engravings by John DePol; 8vo. 11 x 7.5 inches bound in brown cloth and hand-blocked Fortuny fabric. Text set in Goudy's Italian Old Style and printed in 2 colors on handmade Whatman cotton rag paper. Acetate jacket. <br/><br/>Edition of 116 copies The Allen Press hardcover
19312092902138303867Shinchosha 1931. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 472p missing pages below Size: 23cm Number of books: 2 Shinchosha paperback
1906991F11London: Privately Printed 1906-1921. Cloth. Very Good. 12" by 8.5". Louis Chalon. A beautifully illustrated Edition de Luxe of this masterpiece of early Italian literature present alongside a folder featuring eight of Louis Chalon's most erotic plates illustrating the work. Present here are the scarce 1921 privately printed 'Edition de Luxe' limited to 1000 copies of this work complete in two volumes. Present alongside is the folder with eight additional plates from the 1906 edition of this work.This folder features eight additional plates from Louis Chalon the illustrator which were deemed too erotic to initially appear in the work. Collated complete.Illustrated by the French artist Louis Chalon. Many of his illustrations were used in periodicals including 'La Vie Parisienne' 'L'Illustration' and 'Figaro Illustre'.Volume I is illustrated with nine plates by Chalon and volume II with six. Collated complete.Giovanni Boccaccio's work consists of a frame narrative containing one hundred tales told by a group sheltering in a secluded villa to escape the Black Death. Boccaccio probably conceived of the Decameron after the plague epidemic of 1348 and completed it by 1353.Translated by J. M. Rigg. Undated; both the 1906 folder and the 1921 Edition de Luxe are dated from the British Library. In the publisher's original silk bindings with plates folder rebacked in paper retaining the original paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip heads and tails with back strips significantly age toned. Light tide marks to board tails. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned but generally clean and bright. Plates loosely inserted in folder clean and bright. Very Good Privately Printed hardcover
75955Leipzig Insel 1912. 4° 3 nn. Bl. 415 S. 1 nn. Bl. Orig.-Halbpergamentband mit Rückenvergoldung und Buntpapierbezug. Rundumrotschnitt. Min. berieben. Vorsatz minimalst stockflecking ansonsten sauberes schönes Exemplar. Nr. 411 von 825 nummerierten Exemplaren. Sarkowski 186 D. - Jubiläumsausgabe zum 600. Geburtstag des Dichters. - Einbandentwurf von E. R. Weiß. Gedruckt in der Spamerschen Buchdruckerei Leipzig auf Bütten. - Wie stets ohne den Druckvermerk des Insel-Verlages. 010 Leipzig, Insel, 1912 unknown
17892010150003London: Londra: Tommaso Masi e Comp 1789-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volume set. Bound in contemporary speckled calf. Gilt ruled. Spine gilt. Red and green leather spine labels. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Boccaccio. Marbled bookplate. XXI 317 p.; 442 p.; 356 p.; 322 p. Forms part of the 'Novellieri italiani' compiled by G.D. Poggiali. Probably printed in Leghorn by Masi Parenti p.124. Brunet I page 103. ESTC T102336. <br> Armorial bookplate of the Duke of Somerset motto: Foy Pour Devoir "Faith for Duty. Londra: Tommaso Masi, e Comp hardcover
19549407Lexington KY: Gravesend Press 1954. Vellum Binding. Near Fine binding. 18mo. 10 48 4 pp. illus. Limited edition number 9 of 200 copies. As issued in vellum-backed patterned-paper over boards. Lacking the slipcase. A handsome copy with only light toning to the perimeters of the boards; contents clean. This copy with 4-page prospectus. <br /> <br /> This work was the first book issued by the Gravesend Press that was actually printed using the Graves' press in their stable by Graves and Jacob Hammer. Kredel's charming engraved pressmark of a sleeping pressman graces the final page. Graves writes about this in his Bibliographical Confession the donkey in the window was their family pet Patience. Graves operated the press as a sideline from about 1949 through to the end of his life in 1960 issuing scarcely more than half a dozen books. While less known that some of his contemporaries he took his place amidst a vibrant mid-century printing and illustrating scene—friends with Victor Hammer Carolyn Reading Fritz Kredel John DePol John Fass and others. H. Richard Archer in a history of the Graves and his press published in The Kentucky Review Spring 1987 summarizes Graves's work thus: "All of the books whether pamphlets or bound books reflect the taste and high standards of a true amateur craftsman and as such they certainly qualify as choice examples from one of this generation's most distinguished private presses." Press historian Roderick Cave notes that this was "probably the most successful Gravesend book" p. 263. Cave The Private Press 2nd edition; Graves The Gravesend Press: A Bibliographical Confession p. 11-13. Gravesend Press unknown
58813The Folio Society. London. 2007. Full red morocco decorated in gilt and black fold over box unused a very nice copy. Luxury LIMITED EDITION of 1750 copies no.548. Together with the 8pp. pamphlet - The Happy Art of Narration'. The Folio Society. London. 2007. unknown
1761146436Lucca: Giovanni Ghiara 1761. Eighteenth century edition of Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece. Quarto bound in full flexible red calf with gilt titles to the spine floral endpapers frontispiece portrait of Boccaccio illustrated with woodcuts and a folding family tree. In very good condition. The Decameron is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio 1313–1375. The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death which was afflicting the city. Boccaccio probably conceived the Decameron after the epidemic of 1348 and completed it by 1353. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit practical jokes and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. In addition to its literary value and widespread influence for example on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales it provides a document of life at the time. Written in the vernacular of the Florentine language it is considered a masterpiece of classical early Italian prose. Giovanni Ghiara unknown
19036121London UK: A. H. Bullen 1903. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good . Louis Chalon. 4to 24 x 17 cm. 332 404 pp. Half-bound by The Kuster Bindery NY with green leather corners and uppers with and marbled covers. Gilt decorations and titles to spines . Top edges gilt. Text blocks tight and unmarked. A. H. Bullen hardcover
15-4874New York: Limited Editions Club 1940. TWO VOLUMES. 4to. 536 pp. Very Good Half Black Gilded Calf On Decorative Cloth Covered Boards with staining on cloth boards minor rubbing on gilt top edge of text block shelf wear & rubbing along leather bound spine otherwise Near Fine. Provenance: John Ruyle; bookplate of previous owner Alice Dyar Russell inside cover of Volume I. Numbered 55 of 530 copies signed by Illustrator Fritz Kredel on colophon page. New Translations have been supplied for stories omitted from the Florio translation. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. hardcover
194010223New York: The Limited Editions Club 1940. Hardcover. VG. Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11; 566 pages; Signed by Illustrator. Very Good. One of the out of series titles produced by LEC one of 530 copies Making it one of the scarest titles done by LEC this being #150. The first english translation of 1620 plus two takes there omitted. Illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel who also signed this edition. Book is about VG and better than normally seen. Some wear to leather at top and bottom of spine but a superior example of the title. The original letter and shipping note pasted into the back of the book with a ex-libris in front of each title. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
180324969Milano: Dalla Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. In four volumes. lxiii 516pp; 526pp; 416pp; 312 151pp index and publisher's advertisements. Subscribers' list at the end of volume one. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards spines lettered and decorated in gold all edges uncut. Engraved frontispiece. Volume one includes Vita di Giovanni Boccaccio Fiorentino Poeta by Filippo Villani and Vita di Giovanni Boccaccio by Girolamo Tiraboschi. Volume four includes Vita di Dante Alighieri and Lettere di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio. Some wear to extremities a couple of short closed tears to the spines. Internally particularly clean with many pages still unopened. In the Italian language. Gamba 190.; Octavo. Dalla Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani hardcover
1912268670Leipzig : Insel-verlag 1912. First Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in gilt-blocked vellum over decorated boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Provenance : Edmund Schilling's copy. Physical description; 4 Bl. 415 S. : m. zahlr. Ho lzschn. 1 Bl. ; 4. Notes; Holzschn nach Giovanni Gregorio de Gregorii d. Ausg. v. 1492 in Venedig. - Zur Feier d. 600. Geburtstages v. Boccaccio neu gedr. durch die Spamersche Buchdr. Leipzig in 825 Ex. Subjects; Italian literature. Boccaccio Giovanni 1313-1375. Leipzig : Insel-verlag hardcover
1935248502London: Printed By Isaac Jaggard MDCXX ; Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press Saint Aldates Oxford and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell MCMXXXV 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in half aniline calf over calf boards with a gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Physical description; 268 pages. Notes; Limited printing of 325 copies. Facsimile of the First Jaggard edition. Subjects; Boccaccio Giovanni 1313-1375 — Translations into English. Boccaccio Giovanni 1313-1375. — Decamerone. Plague — Europe — History — Fiction. Storytelling — Fiction. Italian. Storytelling. Plague - Europe - History. London: Printed By Isaac Jaggard (MDCXX) ; Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press Saint Aldates Oxford and Published for the Pres hardcover
1925335Paris: René Kieffer 1925. Limited Edition. Fine. Alfred Le Petit. 4to 20 x 6 1/2 inches 250 x 167 mm; pp. iv 170 iv; copy no. 131 of 500 printed on "vélin de cuve" hand-made paper. Bound in three quarter blue-green crushed levant BINDING BY RENÉ KIEFFER Paris embossed bindery label tipped-in to front free endpaper raised bands gilt title and gilt decorations on spine marbled endpapers; t.e.g. rest uncut. Original paper wrapper and spine bound in. Binding and interiors in FINE condition. 50 color illustrations in bright fine condition plus color tail-pieces and initials. This beautifully-bound and illustrated Kieffer edition of Boccaccio presents a selection of 12 among the spiciest and wittiest stories from the Decameron and accompanies them with equally spicy and colorful illustrations by Alfred Le Petit.<br /> GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO 1313-1375 is considered one of the foremost writers of the 14th century whose most notable work THE DECAMERON from the Greek tenday is a collection of 100 short tales told in Tuscan vernacular by ten youths who repaired to a villa just outside of Florence to avoid the plague Black Death 1348 which was ravaging the city. For entertainment every night each told a story: love stories ranging from the erotic to the tragic tales of wit and deception practical jokes and life lessons. The book is sometimes dubbed "Umana commedia" human comedy and was very influential both in Italy and outside -The Canterbury Tales for example. <br /> ALFRED LE PETIT 1841-1909 was a French painter caricaturist and photographer known for his anti-clerical and satirical cartoons which were published in various pro-republic anti Napoleon III journals of the day. René Kieffer unknown
1900199045Philadelphia: Printed Only for Subscribers by G. Barrie 1900. Number 56 of 100. Hardcover. Good Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; interiors are clean but occasionally smudged; binding is solid. Flameng Leopold. Red leather boards with gilt illustration and lettering on the spine; fully gilted textblock edges; 2 volumes; 310 309 pp.; richly illustrated with plates. These two books are beautifully bound with gorgeous spine decoration; this set will have great shelf appeal. One of only 100 beautiful copies printed. Printed Only for Subscribers by G. Barrie hardcover
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
19001250719.17<p>The Grolier Club New York 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Light rubbing to spine and board edges; lacks slipcase. Previous owner's name on table of contents page. Contents clean no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 186 pp.</p> The Grolier Club, New York hardcover
1903210810-MB53London: A. H. Bullen 1903. Very Good condition two volume set plus supplement Two volumes illustrated with engravings by Louis Chalon Limited edition The supplement consists of scarce additional plates erotic/ censored in loose quarterfold. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Illus. by Chalon Louis. A. H. Bullen hardcover
196071London: Giovanni Nourse 1762. 4to 11 x 8¾ ins. Contemporary full calf raised-ribbed spine with contrasting gilt lettered label red sprinkled edges outer joints worn but boards firm; rather rubbed at edges with pitting on spine and scratches on boards - in protective cover. Pp. ii xvi 574 9 35 3 blank illus with engraved frontispiece with offsetting on facing title prelims spotted and front and rear pages toned; no inscriptions. Italian text. London: Giovanni Nourse, 1762 unknown
190367752London: Henry F. Bumpus 1906. Large 8vo.Illustrated. 2 volumes xxi 332; xv 404 pp. Vellum-like white parchment paper boards top edge gilt pages uncut. 12 racy illustrations by Louis Chalon with tissue covers. These belonged to Irish novelist Joyce Cary and are named and dated by him '1910'. Boards marked foxing to prelims and page edges and occasional minor spots. . Very Good. Parchment Paper Covered Boards. 1903. Henry F. Bumpus 1906 hardcover
1904IYC133222London: Alexander Moring 1904. 1st. h/b. Very good 1st edition of Wicksteed's translation no d/j duckegg blue boards white spine with 4 raised bands and title on panel browned; text block firm pages crisp and unmarked; some foxing on endpapers. Initialled and dedicated by translator ""To Mr & Mrs G. K. Chesterton Xmas 1904. 18mo 170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4"". Brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio. Along with the other sources included in this volume they provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love his involvement in politics scholastic enthusiasms and military experience to the stories behind the greatest heights of his poetic achievements.Not only are these accounts invaluable for their subject matter they are also seminal examples of early biographical writing. King's Classics edition ed. Prof Gollancz Alexander Moring hardcover
174136342London: R.Dodsley 1741. Translated from the Italian. vii;591pp.Rebound in red leather with gilt lettering and decoration on pannelled spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. First few leaves slightly loose. Previous owner`s bookplate on front pastedown. Some scuffing to both covers. Extremities worn. Full Leather. Very Good. Octavo. R.Dodsley Hardcover
2007153Westminster: The Folio Society 2007. Limited edition bound in leather. Hardcover leather bound enclosed in a clamshell box. 4to 710 p. black & white illustrations; bright red leather boards with gold and hunter green stamping enclosed in a hunter green clamshell box; all in good condition. Owner's signature on title page along with owner's embossment on first three pages. Limited edition; this is number 839 / 1750. Includes the booklet: The Happy Art of Narration: Readings of Boccaccio and the Decameron Book and slipcase are in Fine Condition; owner's embossment on this booklet as well. The Folio Society hardcover
193433146Paris: Gibert Jeune 1934. In-8 gr. 2 volumi mz. pelle con angoli filetti e titolo oro al dorso conserv. brossure originale pp. 434210; 42819; molto ben illustrati fuori testo da 16 tavole a colori e nel testo da 70 disegni testate grandi capilettera e finali del celebre artista Umberto Brunelleschi. Prima edizione con queste illustrazioni.Cfr. CarteretIV p.75. Tiratura di 2500 esemplari numerati. Il ns. 943 è ben conservato. Gibert Jeune, unknown
