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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Il Decamerone. Londra [i.e. Paris: Prault], 1757.
5 volumes, large 8 (195 x 125 mm). Engraved portrait, 5 engraved titles 111 engraved plates by Le Mire, Lempereur, Flipart and others after Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and Eisen, engraved head- and tail-pieces throughout after Gravelot. (Volume I p. 273 with small portion of text transposed). Contemporary French red morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, flat spines gilt, inner gilt dentelles, g.e. (very slightly rubbed). Provenance: Sir Stephen Fox (statesman 1627-1716, armorial bookplate).
A FINE SET IN A CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO BINDING. Large paper copy, with the plates in the reversed state within an engraved border. Volume 5 has an additional plate facing p. 49. Cohen-de Ricci 158-160; Ray, French, 15; Sander 182. (5)
5 volumes, large 8 (195 x 125 mm). Engraved portrait, 5 engraved titles 111 engraved plates by Le Mire, Lempereur, Flipart and others after Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and Eisen, engraved head- and tail-pieces throughout after Gravelot. (Volume I p. 273 with small portion of text transposed). Contemporary French red morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, flat spines gilt, inner gilt dentelles, g.e. (very slightly rubbed). Provenance: Sir Stephen Fox (statesman 1627-1716, armorial bookplate).
A FINE SET IN A CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO BINDING. Large paper copy, with the plates in the reversed state within an engraved border. Volume 5 has an additional plate facing p. 49. Cohen-de Ricci 158-160; Ray, French, 15; Sander 182. (5)