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SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS -- BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Decameron, London: Shakesepeare Head Press, 1934.
2 volumes, 4°, printed in black and blue and in double column, woodcut illustrations, original blue morocco, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g.
NO. 58 OF 325 COPIES. The text is that of the first English translation printed by Isaac Jaggard for Mathew Lownes in 1625. The woodcut illustrations are cut by R. J. Beedham and E. Joyce, in a slightly reduced form, from those in the edition printed by the Brothers Gregorii at Venice in 1492. (2)
2 volumes, 4°, printed in black and blue and in double column, woodcut illustrations, original blue morocco, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g.
NO. 58 OF 325 COPIES. The text is that of the first English translation printed by Isaac Jaggard for Mathew Lownes in 1625. The woodcut illustrations are cut by R. J. Beedham and E. Joyce, in a slightly reduced form, from those in the edition printed by the Brothers Gregorii at Venice in 1492. (2)