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The Decameron

Book Description

As the Black Death sweeps across Florence in the epidemic of 1348, a group of seven young women and three young men escape to a secluded villa outside the city, where they while away their time telling one another these 100 stories.

Dealer Notes

Bookplate of W H Mullens, with motto Vivere Sat Vincere, inside front cover

Author Boccaccio

Date 1855

Binding Quarter bound red leather with red cloth boards; gilt titling to spine; top edge gilt

Publisher Henry G Bohn; in the "Bohn's Extra Volume" series

Condition Very good

Price: £35.00

Offered by RMJ Books

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