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1817356463Venezia Italy: Coi Tipi di Francesco Andreola 1817. Hardcover. Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Scarce in the trade there being currently no additional copies of this edition available on-line and none listed by Worldcat dot org . Italian language reprint of Boccaccio's observations about the plague years in Italy in and around 1348 especially in Florence. Sturdy attractive tightly bound in hardcover format generally clean lightly toned interior at worst moderate rubbing to extremities being marbled paper over boards blue cloth-backed. Lightly cracked pastedowns front and rear else sturdy and clean. Good-looking exemplar of an exceedingly scarce title. Previous owner's penned inscription at first free endpaper. 240 pp.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Coi Tipi di Francesco Andreola hardcover
1823RO60113928Giovanni Silvestri, Milano. 1823. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 272 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc en frontispice (portrait). Dos fendu, avec quelques manques, séparant l'ouvrage en 2 parties.. . . . Classification Dewey : 450-Italien, roumain, rhéto-romain
1823157232Milano: Giovanni Silvestri 1823. Hardcover. Good in boards. Front hinge cracked. Rubbing along panel edges. Front panel bowed. Foxing throughout text. Giovanni Silvestri hardcover
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
1896RO40239927Gibbings & Co. Ltd.. 1896. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 4 volumes d'env. 300-350 pages chacun. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispices et en pages de titre. Illustrés de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc hors texte. Text in English. Titres et motifs dorés sur les dos et les 1ers plats. Tranches de tête dorées. Etiquettes de code sur les dos. Tampons de bibliothèque en pages de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1886RO40239983George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1886. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 312 pages. Text in English. Reliure d'éditeur bleue et noire. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons de bibliothèque en page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1886213898London: Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only 1886. No. 21 of a limited edition. xii 334; xii 350; xii 354 2 pp. 3 vols. 8vo 145 x 185 mm. Bound in full vellum stamped in gilt t.e.g. rest uncut. Spines a bit darkened; Very Good. No. 21 of a limited edition. xii 334; xii 350; xii 354 2 pp. 3 vols. 8vo 145 x 185 mm. <br/><br/> Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only hardcover
1804996Y27London: Vernor and Hood Poultry; and Longman and Rees 1804. Leather. Good Only. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated . The second Charles Balguy translated edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's 'Decameron' with engravings for each novella inserted from a French edition of the work. The second Charles Balguy translated edition of these short stories from Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. Complete in two volumes. To which are prefixed Remarks on the Life and Writings of Boccaccio and An Advertisement by the author of Old Nick a Piece of Family Biography &c. Balguy's translation first published in 1741 was reissued several times with small or large modifications sometimes without acknowledgement of the original translator. The present set does seem to be a much expanded second edition with a great deal of additional material.Rebacked with contemporary calf boards and spine laid down. Renewed endpapers. Bound without half titles. Bound without advertisement to rear of Vol. I. Volume I illustrated with additional tipped-in frontispiece title page vignette and engraved portrait of Boccaccio. Volume II illustrated with title vignette. Collated complete. As well as the title page vignettes and portrait plate that came as issued both volumes have inserts preceding each story tipped-in with the engravings issued for a French edition of the work. Based on available comparisons the illustrations have been cut from an edition published by Jacques Gaillard. Rebacked with contemporary calf boards and spine laid down. Externally sunning to Vol I front board. Chipping to the original boards. Internally pages 3-14 of Vol II detached but present. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional spots. Tide mark affecting the first few leaves of Vol I. Good Only Vernor and Hood, Poultry; and Longman and Rees hardcover
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. Printed by J. F. Dove, for R. Priestley and W. Clarke unknown
182227123London: William Sharp and Son 1822. 24mo. four volumes. 5 1/4" 13.5cm tall. Overall in good condition; some rubbing to the bottom edge so the marbled covered boards are chipped a little along there and the fore-edge of the calf is bumped and rubbed; light rubbing along the front of the boards and on the calf spine edges also ; but generally nice and clean along the gilt-stamped spine. Small signature of owner on top of pastedown endpaper and some foxing to extremities. One page coming loose in vol. 4 . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1822. William Sharp and Son 1822 unknown
1822947Q7London: William Sharp and Son 1822 . Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A decoratively bound new edition of Boccaccio's Decameron translated from the original Italian complete in four volumes. New edition. Complete in four volumes. Elegantly bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt detailing. An English translation of this important piece of early Italian literature written by Italian poet author and Renaissance humanist Giovanni Boccaccio. 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.Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I. Bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt detailing. Externally very good with some rubbing to the joints and extremities. Slight loss loss to the backstrip head of IV and a touch to III. Hinges are a little strained to II and to the front of I. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd handling mark. Very Good William Sharp and Son hardcover
1886003204Villon Society 1886. Hardcover. Good to Very Good. No. 368 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Villon Society hardcover
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
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
