Der Decamerone
Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, n/d. Neuausgabe. Hardcover. 5 volumes. 264pp. 252pp. 188pp. 238pp. 227pp. Three-quarter vellum over orange paper-covered boards. Labels in green and red with gold lettering on spine. Binding by A. Köllner after a design by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Staining on spines. Scuffing, minor age wear and staining on boards. Slight rippling to pages. Ribbon markers. Creasing to fore-page edge on some pages in Vol. II. 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. Tight copies in very good condition. vg. Item #21364
Price: $225.00