Boccaccio's Decameron.
Shakespeare Head Press, 1934-1935. Full Leather. Quarto(s) (11' x8") Two volume set. Bound in full blue leather. Gilt lettering to spines.Illustrated with wood-cut engravings.. Decorative initial letters printed in blue. Printed by Isaac Jaggard. Limited to 350 copies of which this is #175. Some light scuffing and edge wear to spines. Corners bumped. very good. Item #66353
The text of the First volume has been prepared from that of the First English translation, printed by Isaac Jaggard for Mathew Lownes in 1625, and compared with the first edition of 1620. The wood engravings have been re-cut by R.J.Beedham and E.Joyce Francis from thos in the edition printed by the Brothers Gregorii at Venice in 1492. Text has been set by hand in Caslon's type. Illustrations have been copied in facsimile with a slight reduction from the woodcuts in the edition of the Decameron printed in Venice by the brothers De Gregorii in 1492.
Price: $800.00