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Giovanni Boccaccio's famous Decameron is a collection of short stories, told over a span of 10 days by 10 people who were secluded near Florence during the period of the Black Death. The series wa...
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Giovanni Boccaccio's famous Decameron is a collection of short stories, told over a span of 10 days by 10 people who were secluded near Florence during the period of the Black Death. The series was completed about 1353. Translated from the Italian by John Payne and with a foreword by Morris L. Ernst. --- In Toledano spine 7 / brown balloon cloth / limp boards / gilt cover torchbearer / gilt spine titling with interconnected "ML" device / brown topstain / orange Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1931-39 (no publication date appears in the book). ML #71.3. --- A Good-only copy, with rubberstamping from Macy's to title page, apparent repair to binding (showing at title page), and moderate chafing & sunning to spine cloth, otherwise clean, unmarked and tightly-bound.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xxii, 830 pages
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Publisher: The Modern Library
Year: [c.1931-39]
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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