Der Decamerone
Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, n/d. Hardcover. 5 volumes. 264pp. 252pp. 188pp. 238pp. 227pp. Half leather over marbled boards. Gold decorated spine with labels in red and green. Some fading to green on spine on Vol.II, III and IV. Corners bumped and worn. The story takes place in medieval Europe during the "Black Death", the plague that killed one third of the European population. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of etchings by Gravelot, Boucher and Eisen taken from the 1757 edition. Translated from the Italian by Heinrich Conrad. Text in German. Binding in very good, interior in near fine condition. Scarce in this special binding. vg. Item #14030
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